In Re Hyde Park Baptist Church v. the State of Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-23-00049-CV In re Hyde Park Baptist Church ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY MEMORANDUM OPINION In this original proceeding, relator Hyde Park Baptist Church seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to vacate its November 29, 2022, order allowing real parties in interest Gilbert and Virginia Burciaga to subpoena files from the Church’s legal counsel. Concluding that the discovery is protected by the attorney-client and work-product privileges, we conditionally grant the writ. BACKGROUND In the underlying suit, the…