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TEXAS OUTFITTERS LIMITED v. NICHOLSON

No. 17-0509.

572 S.W.3d 647 (2019)

TEXAS OUTFITTERS LIMITED, LLC, Petitioner, v. Carolyn Grace NICHOLSON, William Luther Carter, Jr., and Dora Jo Carter, Individually and as General Partner of Carter Ranch, Ltd., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: April 12, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Powers Jr. , Adam W. Aston , Danica Lynn Milios , Peter Carl Hansen , Sean D. Jordan , Jackson Walker L.L.P., 100 Congress Ave., Suite 1100, Austin TX 78701, for Petitioner.

Harriet O'Neill , Law Office of Harriet O'Neill, P.C., 919 Congress Ave., Suite 1400, Austin TX 78701-2114, Thomas E. Joseph , Anne Joseph-Carraway , Tom Joseph, P.C., Alamo Tower East, 909 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 600, San Antonio TX 78209, Lisa B. Hobbs , Kuhn Hobbs PLLC, 3307 Northland Drive, Suite 310, Austin TX 78731, for Petitioners.

Andrew B. Davis , Assistant Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker , Jeffrey C. Mateer , Kyle D. Hawkins , W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Austin TX 78711-2548, Scott Keller , Baker Botts LLP, 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 1500, Austin TX 78701, for Amicus Curiae the State of Texas.

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