in Re Brookfield Infrastructure Group, LLC ( 2018 )

NUMBER 13-18-00372-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
IN RE BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, LLC
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
Relator Brookfield Infrastructure Group, LLC (Brookfield) filed a petition for writ of
mandamus and emergency motion for temporary relief in the above cause on July 10,
2018. Through this original proceeding, Brookfield requests that this Court order the trial
court to: (1) vacate its July 3, 2018 order overruling Brookfield’s objections to the special
master’s recommended discovery order; (2) vacate the trial court’s July 3, 2018 order
adopting the special master’s recommended order; and (3) adopt Brookfield’s proposed
discovery order or, alternatively, modify the trial court’s July 3, 2018 order. Through its
emergency motion for temporary relief, Brookfield seeks to stay the trial court’s July 3,
2018 discovery order until thirty days after this Court’s final disposition of the petition for
writ of mandamus, including any motions for rehearing that might be filed by Brookfield.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the emergency motion for
temporary relief, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted in part and denied in
part. The emergency motion for temporary relief is GRANTED and the trial court’s order
of July 3, 2018 is ordered STAYED pending further order of this Court, or until the case
is finally decided. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b) (“Unless vacated or modified, an order
granting temporary relief is effective until the case is finally decided.”). All other relief
sought by the emergency motion for temporary relief is DENIED.
The Court requests that the real parties in interest, Matagorda County Appraisal
District, Tres Palacios Holdings, LLC, and Tres Palacios Gas Storage, LLC, or any others
whose interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, file a response to the
petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date of this
order. See id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
11th day of July, 2018.
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