Opinion
No. 13-04-437-CV
Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed August 24, 2004.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices HINOJOSA and WITTIG.
Retired Justice Don Wittig assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to the government code. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 74.003 (Vernon Supp. 2004).
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Ford Motor Company, filed a motion for emergency relief and petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause on August 20, 2004. That same day, the Court took the motion for emergency relief under consideration and granted it, in part, to the extent that real parties in interest could not present testimony from Donald Friedman at trial pending a further ruling from this Court. Trial itself was not stayed. The Court requested that real parties in interest file a response to relator's petition for writ of mandamus on or before Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 12:00 noon.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus and the response, is of the opinion that relator has not shown itself entitled to the relief sought and the petition for writ of mandamus should be denied. See Tex.R.App.P. 52.8. Accordingly, the stay is hereby ordered LIFTED. The petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED.
Wittig, J., not participating.