In re Yan Z. Zou and James Zou

Summary

The First Court of Appeals of Texas granted relators Yan Z. Zou and James Zou’s motion to dismiss their petition for writ of mandamus. The petition challenged trial court orders appointing a receiver and permitting the receiver to sell real property to satisfy an underlying judgment; the court dismissed the proceeding and pending motions as moot.

Holdings

1. The court granted the relators' motion and dismissed their petition for writ of mandamus.
2. Any pending motions were dismissed as moot after dismissal of the mandamus petition.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the relators' motion to dismiss the pending original mandamus proceeding should be granted.
2. Whether pending motions should be dismissed as moot following dismissal of the mandamus petition.

Disposition

dismissed