ROCKER v. CENTEX CORP.

No. 05-10-00903-CV.

377 S.W.3d 907 (2012)

Daniel J. ROCKER, Appellant v. CENTEX CORPORATION, Timothy R. Eller, Barbara T. Alexander, Ursula O. Fairbairn, Matthew K. Rose, James J. Postl, David W. Quinn, Frederic M. Poses, Thomas M. Schoewe, Thomas J. Falk, Clint W. Murchison III, Pulte Homes, Inc., Barry Roseman, D.M.D. and Laurie Jacobs, D.M.D. Profit Sharing Trust, Julie Praytor, Gale Hanson, and Colleen Witmer, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Overruled September 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Weinstein , Jeffrey L. Weinstein P.C., Athens, TX, D.J. Powers , Law Offices of D.J. Powers, Austin, TX, for Appellant.

Roger F. Claxton , Claxton & Hill, Michael A. Swartzendruber , Kristin R. Turner , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Steven C. Malin , Sidley Austin, LLP, Dallas, TX, Kenneth Jerome Vianale , Vianale & Vianale LLP, Boca Raton, FL, William Savitt , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, James W. Ducayet , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellees.

Before Justices MOSELEY, FITZGERALD, and MARTIN RICHTER.


OPINION

Opinion By Justice MARTIN RICHTER.

Daniel J. Rocker appeals the trial court's order and final judgment certifying a class and approving the settlement of a lawsuit arising out of the merger of Centex Corporation and Pulte Homes, Inc. Where a settlement implicates damage claims, constitutional considerations require that putative class members be granted the right to opt out of the class. Compaq Computer Corp. v. Lapray, 135...

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