
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 09-0264
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             In Re  Allied Chemical Corporation Et Al., Relators

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                      On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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      ORDER

      1.    The motion to abate, filed on February  12,  2010,  is  granted,
and this case is ABATED to allow the  parties  to  proceed  with  settlement
negotiations.
      2.    This case is removed from the Court's active docket  subject  to
reinstatement upon proper motion.  All motions and other  documents  pending
or filed are abated subject to being reurged in the event  the  petition  is
reinstated.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 9th day of March, 2010.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




