In Re the Highland Dallas Foundation, Inc., the Highland Kansas City Foundation, Inc., and the Highland Santa Barbara Foundation, Inc. v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion Issued February 24, 2026.

In The

Fifteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 15-25-00221-CV

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IN RE THE HIGHLAND DALLAS FOUNDATION, INC., THE HIGHLAND KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION, INC., AND THE HIGHLAND SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION, INC., Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS Business Court Division 1B Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 25-BC01B-0027

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On November 26, 2025, relators The Highland Dallas Foundation, Inc., The Highland Kansas City Foundation, Inc., and The Highland Santa Barbara Foundation, Inc., filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relators ask this court to order the Honorable William Whitehill, Judge of the Business Court Division 1B, in Dallas County, Texas, to set aside his order dated September 18, 2025, entered in trial court number 25-BC01B-0027, styled The Highland Dallas

Foundation, Inc., The Highland Kansas City Foundation, Inc., and The Highland Santa Barbara Foundation, Inc. v. Mark Patrick, DFW Charitable Foundation, CDMCFAD, LLC, Charitable DAF GP, LLC and CDH GP, Ltd.

Relators have not established they are entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Field and Farris.