In Re the Highland Dallas Foundation, Inc., the Highland Kansas City Foundation, Inc., and the Highland Santa Barbara Foundation, Inc. v. the State of Texas

Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion Issued February 24, 2026.

In The

Fifteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 15-25-00221-CV
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IN RE THE HIGHLAND DALLAS FOUNDATION, INC., THE HIGHLAND
KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION, INC., AND THE HIGHLAND SANTA
BARBARA FOUNDATION, INC., Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
Business Court Division 1B
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 25-BC01B-0027

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On November 26, 2025, relators The Highland Dallas Foundation, Inc., The
Highland Kansas City Foundation, Inc., and The Highland Santa Barbara
Foundation, Inc., filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relators ask
this court to order the Honorable William Whitehill, Judge of the Business Court
Division 1B, in Dallas County, Texas, to set aside his order dated September 18,
2025, entered in trial court number 25-BC01B-0027, styled The Highland Dallas
Foundation, Inc., The Highland Kansas City Foundation, Inc., and The Highland
Santa Barbara Foundation, Inc. v. Mark Patrick, DFW Charitable Foundation,
CDMCFAD, LLC, Charitable DAF GP, LLC and CDH GP, Ltd.

Relators have not established they are entitled to mandamus
relief. Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Field and Farris.