IN RE DICKASON

No. 98-0140.

987 S.W.2d 570 (1998)

In re Allen DICKASON, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Lord, Law Offices of Charles B. Lord, Austin, Schalan Atkinson, Dallas, for Relator.

Michael D. Curran, McKinney, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Relator Allen Dickason seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to vacate an order granting a new trial. Because the trial court did not have plenary power to grant the new trial, we conditionally grant the writ.

In the underlying litigation, Frank McElligott sued Dickason for alleged violations of McElligott's free speech rights and for intentional infliction of emotional distress after Dickason attempted to secure protection from a...

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