Monroe v. Blackmon

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Justice.

By the present mandamus proceeding, re-lators, Jeffrey and Gena Monroe, complain that the respondent, Judge Robert Black-mon, abused his discretion in failing to re-cuse a trial Judge, the Honorable Max Bennett, from presiding over the underlying lawsuit. The basis of the sought recusal is that Judge Bennett is represented in another matter, currently before the Supreme Court of Texas, by counsel for a defendant in the underlying cause. The real party in interest is Union Pacific Resources Company (“Union Pacific”), a defendant in the underlying lawsuit. We…