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STATE v. SULLIVAN

No. C14-86-465-CV.

722 S.W.2d 743 (1986)

The STATE of Texas By and Through the STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Relator, v. Tom SULLIVAN, Judge of the County Civil Court at Law No. 2 of Harris County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

December 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin K. James, Houston, Richard L. McElya, Angleton, for relator.

Bruce D. Mosier, Houston, for respondent.

Before JUNELL, DRAUGHN and ELLIS, JJ.

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This is an original petition for writ of mandamus. The mandamus questions the scope of pre-trial discovery in eminent domain proceedings. Its purpose is to require the Honorable Tom Sullivan to vacate his order of May 6, 1986 denying the relator's Motion for Protective Order. We conditionally grant the mandamus.

Relator as a political subdivision of Texas has legal authority to acquire property through condemnation. In the...

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