Opinion
NO. 03-17-00472-CV
08-31-2017
In re Dell, Inc. and Quest Software, Inc.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relators Dell, Inc. and Quest Software, Inc. have filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to compel the trial court to enforce a forum-selection clause and dismiss real party in interest Parsons Services Company's suit against them. See Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. At the same time, the relators filed a motion for emergency stay of all proceedings in the underlying case, which we granted. Having reviewed the petition, the record, the response of the real party in interest, the relators' reply, and the real party in interest's sur-reply, we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to enforce an ambiguous forum-selection clause. See In re Sterling Chems., Inc., 261 S.W.3d 805, 808-09, 811 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2008, orig. proceeding). Therefore, we deny the mandamus petition, see Tex. R. App. P. 52.8, and we lift the stay of the proceedings in the underlying case, see id. R. 52.10.
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Cindy Olson Bourland, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Field, and Bourland Filed: August 31, 2017