in Re Venator Materials, PLC ( 2020 )

Order entered March 2, 2020
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-01284-CV
IN RE VENATOR MATERIALS, PLC, Relator
On Appeal from the 134th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-02030
ORDER
Before Justices Bridges, Osborne, and Carlyle
Before the Court is relators’ unopposed motion to abate this proceeding,
pending issuance of the mandate in a related appeal, cause number 05-19-01177-
cv, the “Related Appeal.” Relators explain they request abatement so as to allow
those parties over whom this Court determined jurisdiction existed1 to transfer this
proceeding to the Beaumont Court of Appeals once the underlying proceeding is
transferred to Montgomery County.
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In the Related Appeal, this Court determined jurisdiction existed over the Huntsman Corporation,
Huntsman International LLC, and Huntsman (Holdings) Netherlands B.V. (collectively, the “Huntsman
Appellants”). We determined jurisdiction did not exist over Venator Materials PLC, Simon Turner, Kurt
Ogden, Stephen Ibbotson, and Russ Stolle (collectively, the “Venator Appellants”).
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We GRANT the motion. To ensure proper disposition of this proceeding, we
ORDER, within fifteen days of the issuance of the mandate in the Related
Appeal, the Venator Appellants to file a motion to dismiss this proceeding, and the
Huntsman Appellants to file, in accordance with the procedure stated in Miles v.
Ford Motor Co., 914 S.W.2d 135, 137 n.2 (Tex. 1995), their motion to transfer.
We ABATE the appeal pending further order of the Court.
/David L. Bridges/
DAVID L. BRIDGES
JUSTICE
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