in Re: Equinor Texas Onshore Properties F/K/A Statoil Texas Onshore Properties LLC Equinor Marketing & Trading (US) Inc., and Equinor Natural Gas, LLC

Opinion

Order entered October 7, 2020

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-20-00578-CV

IN RE EQUINOR TEXAS ONSHORE PROPERTIES F/K/A STATOIL TEXAS ONSHORE PROPERTIES LLC; EQUINOR MARKETING & TRADING (US) INC.; AND EQUINOR NATURAL GAS, LLC, Relators

Original Proceeding from the 101st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-03022

ORDER

Before Chief Justice Burns, and Justices Partida-Kipness and Reichek Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we CONDITIONALLY GRANT the petition for a writ of mandamus as to the trial court’s order denying relators’ plea in abatement. We ORDER respondent, within thirty days of the date of this Order, to issue an order granting relators’ plea in abatement and file in this Court a copy of its order. Should respondent fail to comply with this Order, the writ will issue.

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We also LIFT the stay of the proceedings in the trial court.

/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE