Legal Opinion
City of San Benito v. Rio Grande Valley Gas Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided November 15, 2001No. 13-01-172-CV, 13-01-199-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice HINOJOSA.
Relators/appellants, the cities of San Benito, Alamo, San Juan, Donna, Palm-view, Santa Rosa, Alton, La Joya, La Villa, Penitas, Pharr, Port Isabel, Edcouch, Primera, and Elsa, have filed this appeal and petition for a writ of mandamus. Re-lators/appellants complain of two orders signed by respondent, the Honorable Noe Gonzalez, presiding judge of the 370th District Court of Hidalgo County, denying (1) their requests to opt out of a class action lawsuit and (2) their objections to the class settlement agreement. The real parties in interest/appellees are Rio…
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