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IN RE GLOBALSANTEFE CORP.

No. 07-0040.

275 S.W.3d 477 (2008)

In re GLOBALSANTEFE CORPORATION, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 5, 2008.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Hall, Christopher Benjamin Dove, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, David R. Walker, Royster, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Realtor.

John Milton Black, Ian P. Cloud, Justin Ryan Goodman, Heard, Robins, Cloud & Lubel, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Real Parties in Interest.

Michael K. Rose, F. William Mahley, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Stephen G. Tipps, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amici.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this original proceeding, GlobalSantaFe Corp. (GSF) asks this Court to direct the silica MDL pretrial court to vacate its order remanding this case to the trial court where it was originally filed. The pretrial court concluded that Chapter 90 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applicable to certain silica-related cases and under which the case had been transferred to the pretrial court, was inoperative because...

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