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UNITED SERVICES AUTO. ASS'N v. BRITE

No. 05-0132.

215 S.W.3d 400 (2007)

UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, also known as "USAA", Petitioner, v. James Steven BRITE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided February 2, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raquel G. Perez, Kathleen A. Devine, United Services Automobile Association, Judy K. Jetelina, Bracewell & Patterson, San Antonio, W. Carl Jordan, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, J. Joe Harris, Southwest Airlines Co., Dallas, Lacey L. Gourley, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., Pamela Stanton Baron, Austin, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey D. Small, Law Office of Jeff Small, Jeffrey Alan Goldberg, Cynthia A. Cano, San Antonio, Douglas Alexander, Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend, LLP, Austin, for Respondent.

Kathryn S. Vaughn, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Employment Law Council.

Jeffrey C. Londa, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of Business.

Justice MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court.

County courts at law are courts of limited jurisdiction and many, including the county court at law in this case, lack jurisdiction over a "matter in controversy" that exceeds $100,000.1 See TEX. GOV'T CODE § 25.0003(c)(1); see also id. § 25.0172 (Bexar County Court at Law Provisions). The question here is whether the value of this case at filing (commonly referred...

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