Burr v. Shannon

ORIGINAL MANDAMUS PROCEEDING

POPE, Justice.

Cynthia Burr seeks a mandamus ordering Judge Frederick Shannon, Judge of the 131st Judicial District Court, to set aside his order that a tape recorded deposition must be recorded by stenographic means by a certified court reporter if it is to be used at trial. We conditionally grant the writ.

Cynthia Burr instituted suit for damages against her landlord, Marion Goodman, alleging that Goodman converted her belongings and also violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Her attorney seeks to take Goodman’s oral deposition by use of a tape recorder…