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AMERICAN HOME v. UPLC

No. 11-02-00212-CV.

121 S.W.3d 831 (2003)

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, INC. and The Travelers Indemnity Company, Appellants, v. UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Overruled January 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Cowles, R. Michael Northrup, Cowles & Thompson, Rey Rodriguez, Richard A. Smith, William Dorsaneo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dallas, Mark Walters, Thomas Rogers, Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Austin, Thomas C. Wright, Lucy Haroutunian, Wright Law Firm, Houston, William Barker, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for appellants.

Mark Ticer, Law Office of Mark A. Ticer, Dallas, David Keltner, Jose, Henry, Brantley & Keltner, Fort Worth, for appellee.

Panel consists of: ARNOT, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., and McCALL, J.

Opinion

TERRY McCALL, Justice.

American Home Assurance Company, Inc. (American Home) and The Travelers Indemnity Company (Travelers) sought a declaratory judgment against the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee (UPLC) that using lawyers who are employees of an insurance company to defend insureds under liability policies was not the unauthorized practice of law by the insurer. They also sought attorney's fees from the UPLC. The UPLC, an entity created...

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