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MINTON v. GUNN

No. 10-0141.

355 S.W.3d 634 (2011)

Vernon F. MINTON, Petitioner, v. Jerry W. GUNN, Individually, Williams Squire & Wren, L.L.P., James E. Wren, Individually, Slusser & Frost, L.L.P., William C. Slusser, Individually, Slusser Wilson & Partridge, L.L.P., and Michael E. Wilson, Individually, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Michel , Griffith, Jay & Michel, LLP, Fort Worth, TX, Coyt Randal Johnston , Robert L. Tobey , Johnston & Tobey, P.C., Gregory W. Carr , Theodore F. Shiells , Carr, LLP, Dallas, TX, Robley E. Sicard , Griffith Jay & Michel LLP, Fort Worth, TX, Attorney for Petitioners.

Robert S. Harrell , Charles Bruce Walker , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Edward J. Murphy , Bruce C. Morris , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P., Mark Allen Waite , Gensler, Joseph D. Jamail , Jamail & Kolius, William Fred Hagans , Hagans Burdine Montgomery & Rustay P.C., Houston, TX, David E. Keltner , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, TX, Stephen E. McConnico , Jennifer Knauth , Jane M.N. Webre , Cynthia Saiter Connolly , Scott Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, John Thomas Wilson IV , Kelly Hart & Hallman, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, for Respondents.

Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

This case arises out of patent infringement litigation. We consider whether federal courts possess exclusive subject-matter jurisdiction over state-based legal malpractice claims that require the application of federal patent law. The federal patent issue presented here is necessary, disputed, and substantial within...

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