in Re: Mel Sweatman and Paz Gas Corporation

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 12, 2004
• Docket: 13-04-00280-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

v03252.ord

 NUMBER 13-04-00280-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

IN RE: MEL SWEATMAN AND PAZ GAS CORPORATION,

RELATORS

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Hinojosa and Castillo

Order Per Curiam

On June 8, 2004, relators, Mel Sweatman and Paz Gas Corporation, filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting this Court to direct the respondent, the Honorable Whayland W. Kilgore, presiding judge of the 267th Judicial District Court of Dewitt County, Texas, to set aside his order dated April 30, 2004, in Cause No. 02-06-19,059, denying an in camera inspection of documents. After reviewing the petition, this Court requested a response. The real parties-in-interest, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP; Kinder Morgan, Inc.; Gulf Energy Marketing, LLC; Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, LP; David Jenkins; Rene Jagot; Intergen (North America), Inc.; and Rene Joyce filed a response on July 9, 2004, and real parties-in-interest, Coral Energy Holding, LP and Tejas Coral GP, LLC filed a response on July 12, 2004.

Having considered all the pleadings and documents on file, this Court is of the opinion that relator’s petition for writ of mandamus should be denied. Relators’ petition for writ of mandamus is denied.

                                                                                      PER CURIAM

Opinion delivered and filed

this 12th day of August, 2004.