Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Chester J. Makowski, Keith N. Uhles, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams LLP, Henry S. Platts Jr., David E. Sharp, Beirne Maynard & Oarsons, Houston, David C. Garza, Garza & Garza, Brownsville, for Relators in cause No. 13-04-064-CV.
Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Jennifer Brunch Hogan, Hogan & Hogan, Houston, R. Patrick Rodriguez, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Rodriguez Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, L. John Argento, Cathy R. Gordon, Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Neil E. Norquest, Chris A. Brisack, Norquest & Brisack, McAllen, for Relators in cause No. 13-04-068-CV.
Paul O. Wickes, Clinton D. Howie, Dallas, David Craig Landin, Lori M. Elliott, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Barbara J. Barron, Mehaffy Weber, Beaumont, TX, Cynthia H. Smith, Adam T. Fox, William C. Dowdy, Strasburger & Price LLP, Dallas, Ricardo R. Reyna, Brock & Person, San Antonio, Carl R. Dawson, Ryan & Dawson, Houston, Robert J. Rose Sr., Timaeus & Rose, Beaumont, W. Bruce Williams, Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, Midland, Hubert A. Crouch, III, Crouch & Ramey LLP, Dallas, Michael R. Walzel, Stevens Baldo & Freeman, Beaumont, Jeffrey K. Gordon, Austin, Gregory M. Sullivan, John D. Cleland, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Teri L. Danish, Norton A. Colvin, Jr., Rodriguez Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, Joe Michael Dodson, Dodson Law Offices PC, Beaumont, Dulcie Green Wink, Haynes & Boone, Houston, Steve A. Bryant, Steve A. Bryant & Associates PC, Houston, Dale M. Holdy, Houston, Terence M. Murphy, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, Hubert Oxford III, Beckenstein & Oxford, Beaumont, Christopher Groves, Dallas, John R. Robinson, Johnson & Sylvan PC, Dallas, A. E. Pletcher, Huseman & Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Kenneth E. McKay, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Houston, Armando R. Villalobos, The Villalobos Law Office, Brownsville, J. A. Magallanes, Gilberto Hinojosa, Magallanes Hinojosa & Mancias, Brownsville, H. Hudson Henley, Geoff Justin Henley, Henley & Henley, Dallas, Eva D. Geer, Meyer Knight & Williams, Houston, George Jerome Kacal, Chris C. Pappas, Dunn Kacal Adams Pappas & Law, Houston, Jack Burton Manning, Douglas Todd Gosda, William J. Cozort, Manning Gosda and Arredondo, Houston, Paul J. Holmes, Attorney At Law, Pamela J. Williams, William B. Coffey, Ellen G. Reynard, Adams & Coffey, Beaumont, Lynne Ford, Phillips & Akers, Houston, Curt Webb, Beck Redden & Secrest, Houston, Erin H. Patterson, Adams & Reese, Houston, Shawn R. Redman, Brown Sims PC, Houston, Jerry Parker, Sammons & Parker, Tyler, Kent M. Adams, Adams Coffey & Duesler, Beaumont, Edward J. Hennessy, Hennessy Gardner & Barth, Houston, R. Stephen Ferrell, Giessel Barker & Lyman, Houston, Andrews S. Oretsky, Davis Oretsky & Guilfoyle, Clinton E. Phillips, Johnson Ferguson Pipkin & Phillips, Houston, William M. Tinsley, Funderburk & Funderburk LLP, Thomas B. Taylor, Taylor & Warren, Houston, Patrick M. Martinez, Hermansen McKibben Woolsey & Villarreal, Corpus Christi, Ryan A. Beason, Spain Hastings willingham Beason & Ward, Jeffrey J. Shaver, Sammons & Parker, David Brill, Brill & Associates PC, Houston, John Parsons, Attorney At Law, Dallas, Jeffrey D. Roberts, Roberts Markel Guerry, Houston, M. Scott Pyle, Attorney At Law, Thomas W. Tardy III, Dallas, Boyd Wells, Wells Peyton Greenberg & Hunt, Beaumont, Frank N. Luccia, Luccia & Evans, Deborah A. Newman, Roger H. Nebel, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, Sharla J. Frost, Powers & Frost LLP, Cathryn A. Adams, Luccia & Evans, Houston, Robert E. Thackston, Stephanie L. Spardone, Hawkins Parnell & Thackston, James H. Powers, Powers & Frost LLP, Houston, Charles A. Green, Timothy Ammons, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, Ewing Edben Sikes, Royston Razor Vickery & Williams, Brownsville, Robert G. Newman, Cortlan Maddux, Fulbright & Jaworski, C. Thomas Valentine, Daw & Ray, Houston, for Real Parties In Interest.
Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices RODRIGUEZ and GARZA.