IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

No. 10-0537

IN RE TRANSCONTINENTAL REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

ORDERED:

1. Relator's unopposed emergency motion for stay, filed July 21, 2010, is granted. Enforcement of the judgment in the underlying case and the trial court's June 15, 2010 Order on Defendant's Amended Motion to Fix Amount of Security for Supersedeas in Cause No. 09-05999-B, styled Orix Capital Markets, LLC v. Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., in the 134th District Court of Dallas County, Texas, and the July 6, 2010 order in Cause No. 05-10-00655-CV, styled Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. v. Orix Capital Markets, LLC, in the Fifth Court of Appeals, are stayed pending further order of this Court. 2. The petition for writ of mandamus remains pending before this Court.

Done at the City of Austin, this July 23, 2010. [pic] Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk Supreme Court of Texas

By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk