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IN RE CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

No. 04-0732.

164 S.W.3d 379 (2005)

In re CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., Cerberus Partners, L.P., Cerberus Associates LLC, Craig Court, Inc., CRT Satellite Investors LLC, and Stephen A. Feinberg, Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Reasoner, Marie R. Yeates, Kenneth Prager Held, Sarah Beth Landau, Gwen J. Samora, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Charles W. Schwartz, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Houston, for Relators.

R. James George Jr., Gary L. Lewis, George & Brothers, L.L.P., David E. Dunham, Donald R. Taylor, Taylor & Dunham, L.L.P., Austin, D. Douglas Brothers, Brothers & Thomas, L.L.P., Broadus A. Spivey, Spivey & Ainsworth, P.C., and Miguel Sergio Rodriguez, Austin, for Real Party In Interest.

W. Wade Porter, Allensworth & Porter, LLP, John J. McKetta III, Richard Douglas Yeomans, Graves Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C., Roy Q. Minton, Minton Burton Foster & Collins, P.C., Austin, Wayne Barr, TechOne Capital Group, L.L.C., Albany, N.Y., Patton G. Lochridge, Scott Patrick Baker, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, for Others.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this original proceeding is whether the trial court abused its discretion in disqualifying the relators' counsel based on a conflict of interest. Because the real party in interest executed a written waiver of any potential conflict of interest, we hold that the trial court abused its discretion and we therefore conditionally grant mandamus relief.

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