Remington Arms Company, Inc., Relator v. the Honorable Neil Caldwell, Judge, and the Honorable Benjamin Martinez…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court granted a conditional writ of mandamus, holding that the trial court abused its discretion in imposing death‑penalty discovery sanctions and directing the lower court to vacate those sanctions. The Court found that the plaintiff waived pre‑trial discovery claims by not seeking a pre‑trial hearing, and that the sanctions failed the TransAmerican standard of a direct relationship and proportionality. The majority opinion was contested by two dissenting opinions.