Opinions

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

Justice O'Neill delivered a dissenting opinion PDF

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:	9th Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:	Affirmed
COA Docket No.:	09-03-00255-CV
Opinion Author:	Honorable Steve McKeithen

Trial Court

Trial Court:	217th District Court
County:	Angelina
Trial Judge:	Honorable David V. Wilson
Trial Docket:	CV-36002-03-01

Date	Event	Outcome
2007-02-15	Case Stored
2007-02-12	Mandate issued
	This case was waiting for a possible rehearing motion between December 22, 2006 and February 12, 2007.
2006-12-22	Opinion issued	Issued
2006-12-22	Opinion issued	judgments below reversed/remanded tc f/settlement
2006-12-22	Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record	Issued
2006-12-22	Dissenting opinion issued.	Issued
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between March 23, 2005 and December 22, 2006.
2005-03-23	Oral argument
2005-03-23	Oral argument
2005-02-23	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-02-23	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-02-23	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-02-23	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-02-23	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-02-23	Electronic copies of brief posted to website
2005-02-11	Petition for Review granted
2005-02-11	Petition for Review granted
2005-02-11	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
2005-02-11	Petition for Review disposed	Filing granted
2005-02-11	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
2004-12-23	Reply Brief (Petitioner)
2004-12-09	Brief on the Merits (Respondent)
2004-10-26	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2004-10-25	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2004-10-20	Amended Brief Waiver (Petitioner)
2004-10-18	Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2004-10-18	Waiver of Brief on the Merits (Petitioner)
2004-09-30	Sealed document filed in case
2004-09-30	Record Received (See Remarks)
2004-09-16	Brief on the Merits Requested
2004-09-16	Record Requested in Petition for Review
	This case was waiting for a decision about briefing or a possible grant between June 18, 2004 and September 16, 2004.
2004-06-18	Reply to Response (Petitioner)
2004-06-04	Response to Petition (Respondent)
2004-05-17	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2004-05-03	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response
2004-04-13	Case forwarded to Court
2004-04-09	Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response
2004-04-09	Response Waiver filed
2004-04-06	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)
2004-04-06	Petition for Review #2 (Petitioner)
2004-04-06	Case forwarded to Court
2004-04-01	Response Waiver filed
2004-03-22	Response Waiver filed
2004-03-18	Petition for Review (Petitioner)
2004-03-18	Appendix Filed (Petitioner)

Party	Counsel	Role
Meyer Acquisition Corp.	Mr. Preston W. McGee	Petitioner
Ford Motor Company	Mr. Billy Martin Donley Mr. Pengcheng Glen Shu Mr. James Keith Russell	Petitioner
WMCO-GP, LLC	Mr. Clayton E. Dark Jr. Mr. Darrin M. Walker	Respondent
Bullock Motor Company, Inc.	Mr. Joe Scott Evans	Respondent
Meyer, Alton J.	Mr. Preston W. McGee Mr. Robert S. Morris Ms. Virginia Nelson Hammerle	Petitioner