The counsel for Volkswagen Germany and Audi Germany is asking the Texas Supreme Court chief justice to withdraw a request to the governor to appoint two justices in a lawsuit brought by the state against the auto manufacturers.

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht on June 24 submitted a certified request to Gov. Greg Abbott to commission two lower-court judges to the case, because two justices have recused themselves from Texas v. Volkswagen Germany and Texas v. Audi Germany.

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