
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 06-0347
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                           Charles F. Hardy, Iii,

                                     v.

                        INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS, L.P.

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                           On Petition for Review
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      ORDER

      1.    The Joint Motion to Postpone Oral Argument filed on November  9,
2006, is granted, and this case is ABATED to allow the parties  to  finalize
their settlement agreement.
      2.    This case is  removed  from  the  Court's  active  docket  until
January 9, 2006, by which time the parties must file either a status  report
or a motion to dismiss.  The parties shall  immediately  notify  this  Court
about any changes in status in the settlement proceedings.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 10th day of November, 2006.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




