
      IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 06-0566
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                           City Of Seabrook, Texas

                                     v.

                          PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY

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                           On Petition for Review
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      ORDER

      1.    The Joint Motion to Abate Oral Argument, filed on  September  5,
2007, 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  until
December 7, 2007, 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 8th day of October, 2007.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




