IN RE COLONIAL PIPELINE CO.

No. 98-0039.

968 S.W.2d 938 (1998)

In re COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, Texaco Inc., Texaco Pipeline Company Inc., Texaco Trading & Transportation Inc., TRMI Holdings Inc., Valero Energy Corporation, Valero Transmission L.P., Valero Management Co., Howard Secrest, and William Collins, Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Reasoner, L. Joseph Loveland, Houston, Hubert Oxford, III, Beaumont, Gary Gurwitz, McAllen, for Relator.

Ronald L.White, Bruce L. Jamison, Houston, Francisco J. Rodriguez, McAllen, Truett Bryan Akin, Houston, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

In the case underlying this original mandamus proceeding, 3,275 plaintiffs sued three defendants alleging negligence, nuisance, and trespass as the result of the rupture of four pipelines containing hazardous substances. We must decide whether the trial court abused its discretion by issuing an order (1) prohibiting defendants from obtaining discovery from all but ten plaintiffs until after the first ten claims are resolved, (2) requiring defendants to...

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