In Re Colonial Logistics, LLC v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Opinion issued July 15, 2025

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

11, 2025, this Court abated the original proceeding to allow the Honorable Erica Hughes, the successor trial judge to reconsider the order challenged in Relator’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.2(b).

Relator has now filed a Motion to Reinstate and Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Mandamus for Mootness, stating that “the Petition is now moot based upon the parties’ now-finalized settlement and the [Real Parties’ in Interest] subsequent nonsuit[,]” and asking us to reinstate and dismiss this original proceeding. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a); see also In re State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., No. 01-22-00619-CV, 2023 WL 4239850, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 29, 2023, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (granting relator’s request to dismiss after parties settled their dispute).

We grant Relator’s motion. We reinstate this original proceeding and dismiss the Petition for Writ of Mandamus. We dismiss any other pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Rivas-Molloy, Guiney, and Morgan.

Footnotes

1. NO. 01-25-00044-CV ——————————— IN RE COLONIAL LOGISTICS, LLC, Relator Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Colonial Logistics, LLC filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus challenging the trial court’s order compelling production of certain net worth discovery.1 The challenged order was signed by the Honorable Mike Engelhart, then the presiding judge of the 151st District Court of Harris County, Texas. On February 1 The underlying case is Mary J. Duke and Sarah Duke v. Colonial Logistics, LLC and Wilbert R. Edwards, cause number 2021-40863, pending in the 151st District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Erica Hughes presiding.