Deloitte & Touche LLP v. Fourteenth Court of Appeals

951 S.W.2d 394 (1997)

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP and Ronald Begnaud, Relators,

v.

THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent.

No. 96-0362.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued October 3, 1996.

Decided June 6, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled October 2, 1997.

Gregg C. Laswell, O. Clayton Lilienstern, Elizabeth A. Wiley, Houston, for relators.

Thomas C. Wright, Robin L. Harrison, Houston, for respondent.

This original mandamus action involves an interlocutory appeal of a class certification ruling. In the underlying class action lawsuit, the trial court denied class certification. On an interlocutory appeal under section…