in Re Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ( 2022 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
No. 02-21-00393-CV
IN RE SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, § Original Proceeding
MEAGHER & FLOM LLP, Relator
§ 67th District Court of Tarrant County, Texas
§ Trial Court No. 067-325026-21
§ February 18, 2022
§ Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr
JUDGMENT
This court has considered relator’s petition for writ of mandamus and holds
that the petition should be conditionally granted. Accordingly, we conditionally grant
the writ of mandamus and direct the trial court to vacate its November 11, 2021 order
directing relator Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP to produce the
documents identified in that order as categories (1) through (6) pending the special
appearance; grant Skadden’s motion for protection of these documents pending the
special appearance; and deny the real party in interest The Harold E. Riley
Foundation’s motion to compel production of these documents pending the special
appearance. Because we are confident that the trial court will comply with these
directives, the writ will issue only if the trial court fails to do so.
It is further ordered that real party in interest The Harold E. Riley Foundation
must pay all costs of this appeal.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
By _/s/ Elizabeth Kerr__________________
Justice Elizabeth Kerr