COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-09-396-CV

IN RE ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY AND                                 RELATORS

ARCH REINSURANCE COMPANY                                                           

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                                    ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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                                MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1]

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The court has considered relators= petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion for temporary stay and is of the opinion that relief should be denied.  Accordingly, relators= petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion for temporary stay are denied.

Relators shall pay all costs of this original proceeding, for which let execution issue.

PER CURIAM

PANEL:  MCCOY, DAUPHINOT, and GARDNER, JJ.

DELIVERED:  December 10, 2009