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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. FORTE

No. 15-0146.

497 S.W.3d 460 (2016)

WAL-MART STORES, INCORPORATED, Appellant, v. Doris FORTE, O.D., on behalf of Herself and all other Similarly Situated Persons; Bridget Leesang, O.D.; David Wiggins, O.D.; and John Boldan, O.D., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: May 20, 2016.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben A. Donnell , Donnell, Abernethy & Kieschnick, Corpus Christi TX, James C. Ho, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas TX, Jim E. Cowles , Sim Israeloff , R. Michael Northrup , Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Dallas TX, Prerak Shah , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin TX, for Appellant.

Hector Antonio Canales , J. A. (Tony) Canales , Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi TX, Jack N. Boyd Jr. , Attorney at Law, Texarkana TX, Mark Clyde Burgess , Boyd Poff & Burgess LLP, Texarkana TX, Russell S. Post , Beck Redden LLP, Houston TX, William Robert Peterson , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Houston TX, James Patrick Bell , Law Offices of James P. Bell, Corpus Christi TX, for Appellees.

Reagan W. Simpson , Yetter Coleman LLP, Houston TX, Bill Davis , Charles E. Roy , First Assistant Attorney General, J. Campbell Barker , Scott A. Keller , Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin TX, Hugh Rice Kelly , Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Houston TX, Debra Baker , David George , Earnest W. Wotring , John Muir , Baker Wotring LLP, Houston TX, Dale Wainwright , Bracewell LLP, Austin TX, Jennifer Richards , Bracewell Giuliani LLP, Dallas TX, for Amicus Curiae parties.

The State of Texas as amicus curiae argues that the certified questions now before us from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit are premised on an incorrect understanding of Texas law. Our...

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