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CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EL PASO v. PORTER

No. 19-0190.

622 S.W.3d 824 (2021)

CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EL PASO (San Lorenzo Church), Petitioner, v. Rita PORTER, Individually & as Mother & Next Friend of Dawone Porter, a Minor Child; Amanda Gutierrez, Individually; Armando and Yvonne Gutierrez, Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of Armando, a Minor Child; Patty Gordon; and Dylon Gordon, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 7, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Collis , for Amici Curiae Tamayo, James, Garcia-Siller, Gustavo, Coerver, Robert M., Olson, Michael F., Strickland, Joseph, Burns, Edward, Flores, Daniel E., Lopes, Steven, Sis, Michael, Zurek, Patrick J., Toups, David L., Vasquez, Joe S., Doyle, Charles Andrew, NiNardo, Daniel Cardinal, Welch, David, Branson, Steven, Cahill, Brendan, Mulvey, William Michael, Seitz, Mark.

Craig T. Enoch , Austin, Maxey Marie Scherr , El Paso, Sara B. Churchin , James F. Scherr , El Paso, Amy Leila Prueger , Catherine Chantel Crews , Shelby L. O'Brien , Austin, J. Roberto Oaxaca , El Paso, for Respondents Armando & Yvonne Gutierrez, Individually and as Parents & Next Friend of Armando & Amanda Gutierrez, Patty Gordon, Individually & as Next Friend of Dylon Gordon, a Minor, Rita Porter, Individually & as Mother & Next Friend of Dawone Porter, a Minor, Amanda Gutierrez, Individually.

David M. Driscoll , El Paso, Lisa B. Hobbs , Kurt Kuhn , Austin, Francis S. Ainsa Jr. , El Paso, Karlene D. Poll , for Petitioner.

Andrew C. Nelson , R. Russell Hollenbeck , Wanda McKee Fowler , Houston, H. Brook Laskey , for Respondents Heritage Operating, LP, a/k/a Denman Propane.

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