Texas Lottery Commission v. Willis Willis--Appeal from 419th District Court of Travis County

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-10-00330-CV Texas Lottery Commission, Appellant v. Willis Willis, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 419TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-09-004013, HONORABLE SUZANNE COVINGTON, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION PER CURIAM The Texas Lottery Commission brought this interlocutory appeal from the trial court s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction regarding Willis Willis s petition to take presuit depositions. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 202. Willis has since filed suit against persons and entities he named in the rule 202 petition. See Willis v. Texas Lottery Comm n, No. D-1-GN-11-001604 (98th Dist. Ct., Travis County, Tex. May 27, 2011) (plaintiff s original petition in case on the merits). The Commission has filed notice asserting that Willis s filing of the suit renders moot its appeal in the proceeding regarding presuit depositions. We dismiss this appeal as moot. Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f); see Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Hughes, 827 S.W.2d 859, 859 (Tex. 1992). Before Justices Henson, Rose and Goodwin Dismissed as Moot Filed: July 6, 2011

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