in Re DeRuiter Ranch, LLC

NUMBER 13-21-00001-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE DERUITER RANCH, LLC
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Silva
Order Per Curiam
On January 4, 2021, relator DeRuiter Ranch, LLC (DeRuiter) filed a petition for writ
of mandamus through which it asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in
preventing DeRuiter from obtaining discovery pertaining to “public use” in a statutory
condemnation proceeding. See TEX. UTIL. CODE ANN. § 181.004 (“A gas or electric
corporation has the right and power to enter on, condemn, and appropriate the land, right-
of-way, easement, or other property of any person or corporation.”); TEX. CONST. art. I,
§17(a) (“No person's property shall be taken, damaged, or destroyed for or applied to
public use without adequate compensation being made . . . .”).
The Court requests that the real party in interest, Permian Highway Pipeline LLC,
or any others whose interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, file a response
to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date
of this order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
6th day of January, 2021.
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