COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, Petitioner,
v.
Hal LAPRAY, et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court of Texas.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 15, 2003.
Decided May 7, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James J. Scheske, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Emachines, Inc.
Roger Higgins, Thompson Coe Cousins and Irons, Dallas, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Independence.
Lynne Liberato, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Packard Bell Nec, Inc., et al.
Sara Murray, Langley & Banack, Inc., San Antonio, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of Business.
Luther H. Soules III, Soules & Wallace, San Antonio, for Amicus Curiae Civil Justice League.
David Bates, Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas The American Chemistry Council.
William A. Worthington, Strasburger & Price, Houston, for Amicus Curiae The Product Liability Advisory.
Tanner T. Hunt Jr., Wells Peyton Greenberg & Hunt, Beaumont, Peter M. Stone, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP, Costa Mesa, CA, for Amicus Curiae Trigem Computer, Inc.
Ruth G. Malinas, Ball & Weed, P.C., San Antonio, for Amicus Curiae United Services Automobile Ass'n.
James J. Lee, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, Gene M. Williams, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, Michael Holston, John Schultz, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for other interested parties.
David J. Beck, Alistair B. Dawson, David M. Gunn, Anne Pike, Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, Carl Allen Parker, Parker & Parks, L.L.P., Port Arthur, Robert Q. Keith, Keith & Weber, Johnson City, Sheila Birnbaum, Barbara Wrubel, J. Russell Jackson, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Wayne Reaud, The Reaud Law Firm, Beaumont, for Respondent Hal Lapray.
Jack Carroll, D. Allan Jones, Gilbert I. "Buddy" Low, Gary Neale Reger, Orgain Bell & Tucker, L.L.P., Charles K. Kebodeaux, Law Office of Keith Kebodeaux, Larry De-Wayne Layfield, Law Office of L. DeWayne Layfield, Hubert Oxford III, Benckenstein & Oxford, L.L.P., Beaumont, Charles M. Silver, Austin, for Respondent Tracy D. Wilson, Jr.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
Plaintiffs Hal Lapray, Tracy D. Wilson, Jr., and Alisha Seale Owens, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, sued Compaq Computer Corporation alleging that Compaq sold them computers containing defective floppy disk controllers ("FDCs"). The trial court certified a nationwide class under Rule 42(b)(2) and (b)(3)1, Tex.R. Civ. P., and the court of appeals affirmed...
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