IN RE CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 98-0598, 98-0599 and 98-0818.

988 S.W.2d 733 (1998)

In re CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. and Continental Express, Inc., Relators. In re Legend Airlines, Inc., Relator. In re City Of Dallas, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided September 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lawrence Vincent, Terrell W. Oxford, Dallas, Randall W. Wilson, Thomas W. Paterson, Houston, H. Dustin Fillmore, Fort Worth, for Relator in No. 98-0598.

Bill F. Bogle, Russell R. Barton, Fort Worth, Michael V. Powell, Elizabeth Lang-Miers, Morris Harrell, Cynthia Keely Timms, Francis R. Majorie, Marilyn K. Lahr, James E. Coleman, Elizabeth D. Whitaker, James A. Cox, Sam A. Lindsay, Dallas, Linda Lawson Gaither, Amy K. Hunt, Lyndon F. Bittle, Dallas, Dee J. Kelly, Marshall M. Searcy, Brian Scott Stagner, E. Glen Johnson, David E. Keltner, R.H. Wallace, Jr., John Y. Bonds, III, Anne Gardner, Fort Worth, Jonathan G. Kerr, Fort Worth, Paul C. Watler, Joseph C. Edwards, Dallas, Mark S. Dugan, Fort Worth, for Respondents in No. 98-0598.

Paul C. Watler, Joseph C. Edwards, Robert B. Gilbreath, Craig Naveen Kakarla, Francis R. Majorie, Marilyn K. Lahr, Dallas, for Relator in No. 98-0599.

Bill F. Bogle, Russell R. Barton, Fort Worth, Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Cynthia Keely Timms, Elizabeth Lang-Miers, Dallas, Dee J. Kelly, Marshall M. Searcy, Jr., Brian Scott Stagner, David E. Keltner, Fort Worth, for Respondents in No. 98-0599.

Sam A. Lindsay, Linda Lawson Gaither, James E. Coleman, Elizabeth D. Whitaker, Lyndon F. Bittle, Amy K. Hunt, Dallas, for Relator in No. 98-0818.

Wade Adkins, Dee J. Kelly, Marshall M. Searcy, Jr., Brian Scott Stagner, Fort Worth, for Respondents in No. 98-0818.


GONZALEZ, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In these original mandamus proceedings we decide whether venue for the underlying lawsuits is mandatory in the counties where the relators are domiciled. The City of Fort Worth filed suit in Tarrant County district court for a judgment declaring rights under compacts and agreements with the City of Dallas concerning Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and the use of Love Field Airport. It later sought temporary...

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