293rd District Judge Cynthia Muñiz denies Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s Writ of Mandamus Petition against Maverick County Judge and Commissioners Court

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

293rd Judicial District Court Judge Cynthia Muñiz denied Dos Republicas Coal Partnership’s writ of mandamus petition against Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo, Maverick County Commissioners Court and Maverick County after a court hearing on Thursday, October 9th, 2014, in Eagle Pass, Texas, ruling that County Judge David R. Saucedo did not abuse his discretion as the County FEMA Floodplain Administrator when he denied Dos Republicas’ application to construct an open surface coal mine and coal wastewater sedimentation ponds within the FEMA floodplain zone on April 3, 2014.