in Re Texas Collegiate Baseball League, Ltd. and Gerald W. Haddock

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

I. Introduction

Relators Texas Collegiate Baseball League, Ltd. (TCBL) and Gerald W. Haddock seek mandamus relief from the trial court’s January 11, 2012 order denying their amended motion to abate portions of this case between Relators and Real Parties In Interest Jeffrey J. Wolf and The Wolf Law Firm, P.C. (collectively, Wolf). We conditionally grant TCBL and Haddock’s petition for writ of mandamus.

II. Background 1

Four separate lawsuits are tangentially involved in this mandamus proceeding, and all four remain pending. Wolf, an attorney, represented Haddock in…