in Re: Methodist Charlton Medical Center

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 26, 2015
• Docket: 05-14-00532-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Dismiss and Opinion Filed August 25, 2015

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00532-CV

IN RE METHODIST CHARLTON MEDICAL CENTER, Relator

Original Proceeding from the 134th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-11-10629-G

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Bridges, Lang-Miers, and Myers Opinion by Justice Bridges The parties have jointly moved to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus advising the

Court that they have settled the case underlying the petition. We grant the motion and dismiss

the petition. See In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005) (orig.

proceeding) (“A case becomes moot if a controversy ceases to exist between the parties at any

stage of the legal proceedings.”); State Bar of Tex. v. Gomez, 891 S.W.2d 243, 245 (Tex. 1994)

(orig. proceeding) (controversy is justiciable if real controversy exists between parties that will

be actually resolved by judicial relief sought).

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/David L. Bridges/ DAVID L. BRIDGES JUSTICE