Garza v. Garcia

in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice O’NEILL, Justice SCHNEIDER and Justice SMITH joined.

The Legislature amended the venue statutes in 1995 to allow a trial court to transfer venue “[f]or the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice.”1 At the same time, the Legislature mandated that a trial court’s order granting or denying such a transfer for convenience is “not grounds for appeal or mandamus and is not reversible error.” 2

In this case, a defendant filed a motion asserting both improper venue and inconvenience, which the trial court granted without…