In Re Continental Tank Lines, L.L.C. and Eric Aldape v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 20, 2025
• Docket: 09-25-00394-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-25-00394-CV __________________

IN RE CONTINENTAL TANK LINES, L.L.C. AND ERIC ALDAPE

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Original Proceeding 60th District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. B-210546 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relators Continental Tank Lines, L.L.C. and Eric Aldape filed a mandamus

petition to compel the trial court to vacate the trial court’s order rescinding

bifurcation of the trial in Trial Cause Number B-210546. We temporarily stayed the

trial and requested responses from the Real Parties in Interest, Pauline Jacobo and

Delia Serna. On October 28, 2025, the trial court signed an order withdrawing and

dissolving any ruling rescinding the trial court’s December 14, 2022, order granting

a motion for a bifurcated trial, and reinstating the order granting a motion for

bifurcated trial. Before we issued an opinion, Relators and Jacobo filed motions to

1 dismiss the mandamus petition as moot. We grant the motions, lift our stay order of

October 20, 2025, and dismiss this original proceeding without reference to the

merits.

PETITION DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on November 19, 2025 Opinion Delivered November 20, 2025

Before Johnson, Wright and Chambers, JJ.