EX PARTE DeLEON

No. 96-0953.

972 S.W.2d 23 (1998)

Ex parte Sonya DeLEON, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled August 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Montague Hurtekant, David Michael Walsh, IV, Dallas, for Relator.

Robert A. Michael, Jeffrey E. Cook, Carlos Balidos, Dallas, David Kassabian, Arlington, Michael W. Minton, Fort Worth, Dale R. Rose, Arlington, Pamela Latric Dials, Robert C. Sullivan, Douglas A. Linebarger, Dallas, Richard Harrison, Sherman, for Defendants.


PER CURIAM.

Relator in this original habeas corpus proceeding contends that she was improperly sanctioned for contempt for refusing to answer questions on the ground of her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. We agree.

The five county courts at law in Dallas County jointly appointed a master in chancery under Rule 171 of the Rules of Civil Procedure to preside over discovery in sixteen cases in which defendants alleged that the plaintiffs...

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