GREENBERG, BENSON, FISK AND FIELDER, PC v. Howell

CARVER, Justice.

Relator, as attorneys of record in two unrelated cases pending in the 191st Judicial District Court, filed separate motions on June 18, 1984, and July 5, 1984, respectively, seeking recusal of the trial judge. No action thereon had been taken by the trial judge, Charles Ben Howell, the respondent herein, prior to the commencement of this mandamus action against him on September 26, 1984. Judge Howell, by letter of September 13, 1984, had advised the parties in both lawsuits that he had decided to withhold action on the motions pending the outcome of his election for a higher…