in Re City of Dallas

Rule 202 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure allows a court to authorize depositions “to investigate a potential claim or suit.” Tex. R. Civ. P. 202.1(b). In this case, the City of Corsicana, Navarro County, and Navarro College (collectively “Navarro”) filed a Rule 202 petition in the County Court at Law of Navarro County to investigate a potential tortious interference claim against the City of Dallas. The county court denied Dallas’s immunity-based plea to the jurisdiction, granted Navarro’s Rule 202 petition, and authorized depositions. In an opinion disposing of Dallas’s interlocutory…