NUMBER 13-22-00079-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL POOL
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina1
By petition for writ of mandamus, relator The Texas Municipal League
Intergovernmental Risk Pool asserts that the trial court erred by appointing a new
appraisal umpire in the underlying insurance coverage dispute with the City of Hidalgo.2
1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not
required to do so. When granting relief, the court must hand down an opinion as in any other case.”); id. R.
47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions).
2 This Court has previously addressed a separate original proceeding arising from the same case.
See In re Tex. Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, No. 13-20-00486-CV, 2021 WL 743305, at *1
Mandamus is an extraordinary and discretionary remedy. See In re Allstate Indem.
Co., 622 S.W.3d 870, 883 (Tex. 2021) (orig. proceeding); In re Garza, 544 S.W.3d 836,
840 (Tex. 2018) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam); In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148
S.W.3d 124, 138 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding). The relator must show that (1) the trial
court abused its discretion, and (2) the relator lacks an adequate remedy on appeal. In re
USAA Gen. Indem. Co., 624 S.W.3d 782, 787 (Tex. 2021) (orig. proceeding); In re
Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d at 135–36; Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833,
839–40 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding).
The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus,
the response filed by City of Hidalgo, and relator’s reply, is of the opinion that the relator
has not met its burden to obtain relief. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of
mandamus.
JAIME TIJERINA
Justice
Delivered and filed on the
12th day of July, 2022.
(Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg Feb. 25, 2021, orig. proceeding [mand. denied]) (mem. op.).
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