State v. Preslar

ORIGINAL MANDAMUS PROCEEDING

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This original mandamus proceeding concerns the assignment of the Honorable Stephen F. Preslar, retired Chief Justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals, to sit as a visiting judge in the 83rd District Court of Pecos County, Texas, to hear cause number 4708, Summit Energy, Inc. v. Texas Commerce Bank — Austin N.A., Trustee, et al At issue are the authority of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to assign a retired appellate judge to sit as a visiting district judge within the administrative region where he resides, and the right of the parties to…