in Re Shell Oil Company, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company and Delta Distributors, Inc. F/K/A or D/B/A Delta Solvent

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-03-325 CV

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IN RE SHELL OIL COMPANY, PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE COMPANY,

AND DELTA DISTRIBUTORS, INC. f/k/a or d/b/a DELTA SOLVENT

Original Proceeding

OPINION

In this original proceeding, the relators, Shell Oil Company, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company, and Delta Distributors, Inc. f/k/a or d/b/a Delta Solvent, petition for a writ of mandamus to transfer venue of a suit from Jefferson County to Harris County. We conditionally grant relief.

The original petition filed by William L. Simpson and Eva Simpson…