IN RE U.S. SILICA CO.

Nos. 04-0270, 04-0271, 04-0297, 04-0308, 04-0309.

157 S.W.3d 434 (2005)

In re U.S. SILICA CO. et al. In re Badger Mining Corp. In re Norton Co., et al. In re Norton Co. (n/k/a/ Saint Gordon Abrasives) Siebe North Inc. and Textron Inc. In re Bacou-Dalloz Safety, Inc.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry S. Platts, David E. Sharp, Beirne Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Chester J. Makowski, Keith N. Uhles, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Houston, and David C. Garza, Garza & Garza, L.L.P., Brownsville, for Relator.

Cynthia Hardy Smith, Adam Tyler Fox, Cynthia Hardy Smith, Angela Clanton, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., and William C. Dowdy III, Dallas, Hubert Oxford III, Benckenstein & Oxford, L.L.P., Beaumont, Kenneth E. McKay, Locke, Lidell & Sapp, L.L.P., Eva D. Geer, Mayer Knight & Williams, LLP, Gregory Michael Sullivan, John Duff Cleland, Jeffery Keith Gordon, Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P., Houston, Chris C. Pappas, Alan H. Marks, Amy Dunn Taylor, James Vincent Hewitt, Godwin Gruber, LLP, George J. Kacal, Kacal Adams & Law, P.C., Jeffrey Boyd Lucas, Dunn Kacal Adams Pappas & Law, Houston, Thomas B. Taylor, Taylor & Warren, L.L.P., and Jack B. Manning, Douglas T. Gosda, and William J. Cozort Jr., Manning Gosda & Arredondo, LLP, Houston, and Jeffrey D. Roerig, Roerig Oliveira & Fisher, Brownsville, W. Bruce Williams, Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, P.C., Midland, Lynne Miller Ford, Phillips & Akers, Houston, Paul J. Holmes, Paul J. Holmes, P.C., Beaumont, Pamela Jean Neale Williams, Irving, William B. Coffey Jr., Adams & Coffey, P.C., Beaumont, Shawn Robert Redman, Mark C. Clemer, Brown Sims, P.C., Houston, Edward J. Hennessy, Hennessy Gardner & Barth, Houston, Willard M. Tinsley, Funderburk & Funderburk, LLP, Houston, and Rex N. Leach, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, David Brill, Brill & Associates, P.C., Curt Webb, Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, and Norton A. Colvin Jr., Robert Patrick Rodriguez, Teri L. Danish, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney & Saenz, LLP, Brownsville, Dale Marett Holidy, Houston, Boyd Wells, Wells Peyton Beard Greenberg Hunt, L.L.P., Beaumont, Sharla J. Frost, James H. Powers, Karen M. Alvarado, Powers & Frost, L.L.P., Houston, Terence M. Murphy, and Charles Christopher Groves, Jones Day, Dallas, Richard P. Hogan Jr., and Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Hogan & Hogan, L.L.P., Houston, Jerry C. Parker, Sammons & Parker, P.C., Tyler, Kent M. Adams, Adams & Coffey, P.C., and Ellen G. Reynard, Adams Coffee & Duesler, Beaumont, Ewing Edben Sikes III, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Brownsville, Andrew S. Oretsky, Davis Oretsky & Guilfoyle, Houston, Thomas B. Taylor, Taylor & Warren, L.L.P., Houston, David Craig Landin, Lori Elliott Jarvis, Paul Oliver Wickes, and Clinton David Howie, Hunton & Williams, LLP, Richmond, VA, Hubert A. Crouch III, Crouch & Ramey, L.L.P., Dallas, Ryan A. Beason, Beason Willingham, LLP, Houston, Dulcie Green Wink, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Houston, John R. Robinson, Johnson & Sylvan, P.C., Dallas, Michael Scott Pyle, John Philip Parsons, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, L.L.P., Dallas, Thomas W. Tardy III, Jackson, MS, Anthony E. Pletcher, Huseman & Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Erin Patterson, Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Houston, R. Stephen Ferrell, Giessel Barker & Lyman, P.C., Houston, Deborah A. Newman and Roger Henry Nebel, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, LLP, Houston, Clinton Eugene Phillips, Johnson Ferguson Pipkin & Phillips, Houston, Charles A. Green and Timothy Dewayne Ammons, Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Dallas, Robert G. Newman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, Patrick M. Martinez, Hermansen McKibben Woosley & Villarreal, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, Jeff Shaver, Sammons & Parker, Houston, Jeffrey D. Roberts, Roberts Markel, Guerry, P.C., Houston, Frank N. Luccia, and Cathryn Ann Adams, Luccia & Evans, L.L.P., Houston, Robert E. Thackston and Stephanie L. Spardone, Hawkins, Parnell & Thackston, L.L.P., Dallas, Barbara Jane Barron, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, Richard Reyna, Brock & Person, P.C., San Antonio, Robert J. Rose, Timaeus & Rose, L.L.P., Beaumont, Carl Dawson, Ryan & Dawson, Houston, Juan A. Magallanes, Gilberto Hinojosa, Magallanas & Hinojosa, P.C., and Armando Roberto Villalobos, Brownsville, Alan G. Sampson, Benckenstein & Oxford, Beaumont, Clarence Thomas Valentine Jr., James Odis Blackwell III, Daw & Ray, P.C., Houston, and Michael Ray Walzel, Stevens, Baldo & Freeman, Beaumont, Cortlan Howard Maddux, Houston, Gerry Lowery, Robert G. Newman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, Joe Michael Dodson, Dodson Law Offices, P.C., Beaumont, Harold Hudson Henley and Geoffrey Justin Henley, Henley & Henley, P.C., Dallas, Steve A. Bryant, Steve A. Bryant & Associates, P.C., Houston, for Real Parties.


PER CURIAM.

Ten silicosis cases involving hundreds of plaintiffs were filed in Cameron County and randomly assigned to six different courts. At the behest of different parties, three judges issued conflicting orders asserting jurisdiction over cases in their own courts or others. Because the Cameron County local rules permit a unilateral transfer only by the court where the first case was filed, we conditionally grant a...

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