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CENTEX HOMES AND CENTEX REAL ESTATE CORPORATION D/B/A CENTEX HOMES v. MICHAEL A. BUECHER, ET AL.

Oral argument was held on November 29, 2000. The Court issued an opinion resolving the case on December 31, 2002. It then denied rehearing on December 31, 2002 File Closed

No Opinions

The Court has not issued any opinions in this case.

 

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:4th Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:Reversed and Remanded
COA Docket No.:04-99-00337-CV
Opinion Author:Honorable PHIL HARDBERGER

Trial Court

Trial Court:224th District Court
County:Bexar
Trial Judge:Honorable Carol Haberman
Trial Docket:97-CI-12270

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Docket Entries

Date Event Outcome  
2003-02-21 Case Stored  
2003-02-20 Mandate issued  
2003-02-20 Created for Data Conversion -- an event inserted to correspond to the mandate date of a process  
  This case was waiting for a possible rehearing motion between December 31, 2002 and February 20, 2003.  
2002-12-31 Motion for Rehearing - Disposed   Denied
2002-12-31 Motion for Rehearing - Disposed   Denied
2002-12-31 Opinion issued   Court of appeals' judgment affirmed
2002-12-31 Opinion issued   Court of appeals' judgment affirmed
2002-12-31 Previous opinion withdrawn  
2002-12-31 Opinion issued   Court of appeals' judgment affirmed
2002-11-27 Reply to Response (Petitioner)  
2002-11-13 Response to Motion for Rehearing (Respondent)  
2002-11-12 Corrected opinion  
2002-11-12 Call received  
2002-11-08 Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response  
2002-11-08 Phone call from Clerk's Office  
2002-11-05 Electronic copies of brief posted to website  
2002-11-04 Appendix to Brief Received  
2002-11-01 Amicus Curiae Brief received  
2002-10-10 Amicus Curiae Brief received  
2002-10-09 Amicus Curiae Brief received  
2002-10-03 Amicus Curiae Brief received  
2002-09-20 Motion for Rehearing  
2002-09-20 Motion for Rehearing forwarded  
2002-09-20 Conditional motion for rehearing   No description available.
2002-09-09 Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing disposed   Filing granted
2002-09-09 MOTION FOR REHEARING DUE TO BE FILED  
2002-09-04 Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing  
2002-08-29 Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record  
2002-08-29 Opinion issued   Court of appeals' judgment affirmed
2002-08-29 Opinion issued   Court of appeals' judgment affirmed
  This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between February 26, 2002 and August 29, 2002.  
2002-02-26 Letter brief (Petitioner)  
2002-02-08 Additional cites or additional authorities
  This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between June 6, 2001 and February 8, 2002.  
2001-06-06 Response to Petition (Petitioner)  
2001-05-31 Letter brief (Respondent)  
  This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between December 18, 2000 and May 31, 2001.  
2000-12-18 Motion for leave to file brief disposed   Denied
2000-12-15 Response to Motion filed  
2000-12-08 Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief filed  
2000-12-08 Supplement to Clerk's/Reporter's Record  
2000-12-07 Post submission brief filed (Petitioner)  
2000-12-01 Letter brief (Respondent)  
2000-11-30 Letter sent to parties from Supreme Court - See Remarks  
2000-11-29 Created for Data Conversion -- an event inserted to correspond to the submitted date of a process  
2000-11-29 Exhibits in case/cause filed (Respondent)  
2000-11-29 Oral argument  
2000-11-29 Created for Data Conversion -- an event inserted to correspond to the submission date of a process  
2000-10-31 Reply to Response (Petitioner)  
2000-10-19 Miscellaneous motion disposed. See Remarks.   Filing granted
2000-10-18 Record Received (See Remarks)  
2000-10-16 Brief on the Merits (Respondent)  
2000-10-13 Phone call from Clerk's Office  
2000-10-04 Miscellaneous Motion  
2000-10-04 Designation of Lead Counsel  
2000-09-25 Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)  
2000-08-24 Petition for Review disposed   Filing granted
2000-08-24 Amount of time allotted for oral argument.  
2000-08-24 Record Requested in Petition for Review  
2000-08-24 Set for Submission  
2000-08-24 Brief on the Merits Requested  
2000-08-24 Petition for Review disposed   Filing granted
  This case was waiting for a decision about briefing or a possible grant between June 29, 2000 and August 24, 2000.  
2000-06-29 Reply to Response (Petitioner)  
2000-06-14 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response disposed   Filing granted
2000-06-14 Response to Petition (Respondent)  
2000-06-13 Case forwarded to Court
2000-06-12 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response  
2000-06-06 Amicus Curiae Brief received  
2000-05-12 Appendix Filed (Petitioner)  
2000-05-12 Petition for Review (Petitioner)  

Parties

Party Counsel Role
BUECHER, MICHAEL T.
Mr. Bryan A. Woods
Respondent
CENTEX HOMES
Mr. Joe R. Greenhill
Justice Eugene A. Cook
Mr. Warren W. Harris
Ms. Samara L. Kline
Ms. Annalyn G. Smith
Petitioner
BUECHER, MICHAEL A.
Mr. Joe K. Longley
Mr. Bryan A. Woods
Respondent
DUNCAN, CATHY
Mr. Barry Snell
Respondent
DUNCAN, HARVEY
Mr. Barry Snell
Respondent
FREEMAN, JULIE
Mr. Bryan A. Woods
Respondent
FREEMAN, KELLEY
Mr. Bryan A. Woods
Respondent
TOLBERT, MAJOR DONALD D.
Mr. Bryan A. Woods
Respondent
TOLBERT, TAMMY
Mr. Barry Snell
Respondent
CENTEX REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
Mr. Joseph R. Knight
Mr. Bob E. Shannon
Mr. Ernest R. Higginbotham
Petitioner

Amici Curiae

Amicus Curiae Counsel
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, ET
Mr. Robert L. Russell Bush
LENNAR HOMES, ET AL.
Mr. D. Steven Henry
RESIDENTIAL WARRANTY CORPORATI
Mr. Gary W. Javore
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS
Mr. Douglas W. Alexander
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