Opinions

Justice Brister delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Jefferson, Justice O'Neill, Justice Wainwright, Justice Medina, Justice Green, Justice Johnson, and Justice Willett PDF

Justice Hecht delivered a dissenting opinion PDF

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:	1st Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:	AFF'D/REV'D/REN'D
COA Docket No.:	01-01-00086-CV
Opinion Author:	Honorable Laura C. Higley

Trial Court

Trial Court:	11th District Court
County:	Harris
Trial Judge:	Honorable Mark D. Davidson
Trial Docket:	99-00011

Date	Event	Outcome
2006-05-09	Case Stored
2006-05-09	Mandate issued
2006-05-09	Case remanded and record returned to the Court of Appeals.
	This case was waiting for a possible rehearing motion between March 17, 2006 and May 9, 2006.
2006-03-17	Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record	Issued
2006-03-17	Opinion issued	Court of Appeals' judgment reversed; remanded to Court of Appeals
2006-03-17	Dissenting opinion issued.	Issued
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between February 22, 2005 and March 17, 2006.
2005-02-22	Additional citations received. (Petitioner)
2005-02-22	Additional citations received. (Petitioner)
2005-02-17	Oral argument
2005-02-15	Exhibits in case/cause filed (Respondent)
2005-01-31	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-01-31	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-01-31	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-01-31	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-01-31	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-01-31	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-01-21	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
2005-01-21	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
2005-01-21	Petition for Review granted
2004-12-14	Reply Brief (Petitioner)
2004-11-29	Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2004-11-17	Amicus Curiae Brief received (Amicus Curiae)
2004-11-08	Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2004-10-14	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2004-10-14	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2004-09-30	Record Received (See Remarks)
2004-09-16	Record Requested in Petition for Review
2004-09-16	Brief on the Merits Requested
	This case was waiting for a decision about briefing or a possible grant between July 15, 2004 and September 16, 2004.
2004-07-15	Reply to Response (Petitioner)
2004-07-07	MET to file reply disposed of	Filing granted
2004-07-02	Motion to Extend Time to File Reply filed
2004-06-21	Response Waiver filed
2004-06-21	Response to Petition (Respondent)
2004-05-21	Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response
2004-04-28	Correction filed (See Remarks)
2004-04-27	Case forwarded to Court
2004-04-23	Response Waiver filed
2004-04-21	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)
2004-04-21	Document received (See Remarks)
2004-04-21	Petition for Review (Petitioner)
2004-03-23	Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Review filed
2004-03-23	Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted

Party	Counsel	Role
Tesco American, Inc.	Mr. Thomas C. Wright Mr. William V. Dorsaneo III Mr. Chad Michael Forbes Mr. Thomas G. Gruenert Mr. George Fred Rhodes	Petitioner
Strong Industries, Inc.	Mr. Robert B. Dubose Mr. Sean Reed Cox Mr. S. Scott West Mr. A. Reagan Clark Mr. Stephen G. Tipps Mr. Robert M. 'Randy' Roach Jr.	Respondent
Strong, Brooks	Mr. Robert B. Dubose	Respondent

Amicus Curiae	Counsel
Soules,, III, Luther H.	Mr. Luther H. Soules III