Legal Opinion
in Re Red Dot Building System, Inc.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 2016No. 15-1007PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
When two inherently interrelated suits are brought in different counties, the first-filed suit ordinarily acquires dominant jurisdiction and the second-filed suit should be abated. In the pending dispute, Red Dot Building System, Inc. seeks relief by writ of mandamus from trial court orders in the second-filed suit. We conditionally grant relief.
Rigney Construction & Development, LLC was retained by the Brooks County ISD to construct a school in Brooks County. Rigney’s principal place of business is in Hidalgo County. Red Dot contracted with Rigney to provide the pre-engineered portion of the…
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- Gonzalez v. Reliant Energy, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2005
- In re J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2016
- V. D. Anderson Co. v. YoungTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- Southern County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ochoa, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
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