in Re Exxon Mobil Corporation

OPINION

JEFFREY V. BROWN, Justice.

On July 30, 2012, relator Exxon Mobil Corporation filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex.R.App. P. 52. In the petition, the relator asks this court to compel the Honorable William Burke, presiding judge of the 189th District Court of Harris County, to vacate his order compelling production of privileged documents. We conditionally grant the petition for writ of mandamus.

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