Opinions

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

Justice Hecht delivered a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Brister joined. PDF

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:	5th Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:	Affirmed
COA Docket No.:	05-04-01641-CV
Opinion Author:	Honorable Amos Louis Mazzant

Trial Court

Trial Court:	68th District Court
County:	Dallas
Trial Judge:	Honorable Charles Stokes
Trial Docket:	02-05001-C

Date	Event	Outcome
2008-12-19	Case Stored
2008-12-05	Mandate issued
2008-12-05	Motion for Rehearing - Disposed	Denied
	This case was waiting for a decision about a pending motion for rehearing between October 8, 2008 and December 5, 2008.
2008-10-08	Phone call from Clerk's Office
2008-10-03	Motion for Rehearing
2008-10-03	Case forwarded to Court
2008-09-11	Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing disposed	Filing granted
2008-09-10	Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing
2008-08-29	Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record	Issued
2008-08-29	Opinion issued	Court of appeals' judgment affirmed
2008-08-29	Dissenting opinion issued.	Issued
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between February 6, 2008 and August 29, 2008.
2008-02-06	Oral argument
2008-01-09	Document received (See Remarks)
2007-11-30	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
2007-11-30	Petition for Review granted
2007-11-30	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
2007-10-23	Case Record Filed
2007-10-19	Record Requested in Petition for Review
	This case was pending on merits briefs between July 17, 2007 and October 19, 2007.
2007-07-17	Waiver of Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2007-06-25	Waiver of Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2007-06-05	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2007-06-01	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2007-05-18	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2007-05-18	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2007-05-03	Brief on the Merits Requested
2007-04-05	Response to Petition (Respondent)
2007-03-29	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response disposed	Filing granted
2007-03-27	Case forwarded to Court
2007-03-27	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2007-02-22	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)
2007-02-22	Petition for Review (Petitioner)

Party	Counsel	Role
Cellular One Group	Mr. Charles L. Perry	Respondent
Trinity Universal Insurance Company	Mr. Sidney H. Davis Jr.	Petitioner