Nueces County v. De Pena

OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

This is an original mandamus proceeding by which Nueces County challenges the authority of the trial court to order its county judge to attend a mediation conference on a lawsuit against the county. After reviewing both the petition for mandamus relief, the real parties’ in interest response, as well as, their additional response filed on August 22, 1997, we conditionally grant mandamus relief without requiring oral argument on the petition.

Magdalena Medina and Mary Thornton sued the Texas Workforce Commission and Nueces County, based on an employment dispute…