THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

ERI CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. AND LARRY G. SNODGRASS v. J. MARK SWINNEA, BRADY ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., AND MALMEBA COMPANY, LTD.; from Smith County; 12th district (12‑05‑00428‑CV, 236 SW3d 825, 08‑30‑07)

The Court affirms in part and reverses in part the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court.

Justice Green delivered the opinion of the Court.

GEFFREY KLEIN, M.D. AND BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE v. CYNTHIA HERNANDEZ, AS THE PARENT AND NEXT FRIEND OF N.H., A MINOR; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑06‑00569‑CV, 260 SW3d 1, 04‑17‑08)
2 petitions

The Court affirms in part and reverses in part the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court.

Justice Medina delivered the opinion of the Court.

Justice Willett delivered a concurring opinion.

GEOFFREY ZIMMERMAN, M.D. v. WENDY GONZALEZ ANAYA, INDIVIDUALLY AND A/N/F OF CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL HERNANDEZ, DECEASED; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑07‑00570‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 06‑05‑08)

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court.

Per Curiam Opinion

SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SCOTT, SHERWOOD AND BRINDLEY FOUNDATION v. GARY FAIR AND LINDA FAIR; from Bell County; 3rd district (03‑06‑00211‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 06‑13‑08)

The Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment in part and renders judgment.

Chief Justice Jefferson delivered the opinion of the Court.

IN RE ENSCO OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED AND ENSCO OFFSHORE COMPANY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST OF CHILES OFFSHORE, INC.; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑08‑01092‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑19‑08)

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.8(c), without hearing oral argument, the Court conditionally grants the writ of mandamus.

Per Curiam Opinion

CITY OF DALLAS v. OLIVIA J. CARBAJAL; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑08‑00500‑CV, 278 SW3d 802, 01‑22‑09)

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and renders judgment.

Per Curiam Opinion

IN RE ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE, INC. AND GEORGE PORTILLO; from El Paso County; 8th district (08‑09‑00174‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑12‑09)
stay order issued October 9, 2009, lifted

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.8(c), without hearing oral argument, the Court conditionally grants the writ of mandamus.

Per Curiam Opinion

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MARKETING ON HOLD, INC. D/B/A SOUTHWEST TARIFF ANALYST; from Cameron County; 13th district (13‑03‑00287‑CV, 170 SW3d 814, 08‑04‑05)
motion to recuse Justice Wainwright denied

(Justice Wainwright and Justice Guzman not sitting)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MARKETING ON HOLD, INC. D/B/A SOUTHWEST TARIFF ANALYST; from Cameron County; 13th district (13‑03‑00287‑CV, 170 SW3d 814, 08‑04‑05)

(Justice Guzman not sitting)

EAST TEXAS SALT WATER DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC. v. RICHARD LEON WERLINE; from Gregg County; 6th district (06‑06‑00039‑CV, 209 SW3d 888, 12‑18‑06)

IN RE UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION; from Bexar County; 4th district (04‑07‑00464‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 10‑17‑07)

(Justice Johnson not sitting)

METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P., W.C. SCHORLEMER, M.D., AND ROBERT SCHORLEMER, M.D. v. EMMALENE RANKIN; from Bexar County; 4th district (04‑07‑00305‑CV, 261 SW3d 93, 03‑05‑08)

JAMES DERWOOD ILIFF v. JERILYN TRIJE ILIFF; from Hays County; 3rd district (03‑08‑00382‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 07‑21‑09)

[Note: The date and time for oral argument are yet to be determined.]

TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY v. MARY GILFORD; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑08‑00399‑CV, 277 SW3d 65, 01‑08‑09)

ROSE BARTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER MARTIN DEAN v. WHATABURGER, INC.; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑06‑01121‑CV, 276 SW3d 456, 07‑31‑08)

OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.A. v. ANDRE MCCOY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERMANENT GUARDIAN OF SHANNON MILES MCCOY, AN INCAPACITATED PERSON; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑08‑00762‑CV, 283 SW3d 96, 04‑09‑09)

MARSHA DAWN WEISS v. PINNACLE CONSTRUCTION OF AUSTIN, TEXAS; from Travis County; 3rd district (03‑08‑00089‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03‑27‑09)

ESTATE OF HENRY H. BLANKENSHIP; from Bexar County; 4th district (04‑08‑00043‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05‑06‑09)

CELANESE LTD. v. SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑08‑00348‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 09‑10‑09)
2 petitions

ERIC PONCON AND MORGAN'S ROCK HACIENDA AND ECOLODGE v. JOHN AND NANCI LAMAR; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑08‑01036‑CV, 305 SW3d 130, 10‑01‑09)

BOB CHAMBERS, ET AL. v. GERALD TREECE, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN M. O'QUINN, DECEASED, JOHN M. O'QUINN, P.C. AND JOHN M. O'QUINN D/B/A O'QUINN & LAMINACK; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑04‑01029‑CV, 305 SW3d 141, 10‑01‑09)

DHIREN PATEL, D.O., DHIREN PATEL, D.O., P.A. AND SOLACE COUNSELING ASSOCIATES v. JAMES DAVID MICHELL; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑08‑01666‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 10‑20‑09)

WALTER LEE HALL, JR., IN ALL NECESSARY CAPACITY v. HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGN; from Travis County; 3rd district (03‑08‑00469‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑13‑09)

AAG LAS VEGAS, L.L.C., ASCENT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, L.P. AND KW#1 ACQUISITION COMPANY, L.L.C. v. DAVID M. GONZALEZ; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑08‑00377‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 10‑29‑09)

INFORMATION SERVICES GROUP, INC., TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND TPI EUROSOURCING, L.L.C. v. TONY RAWLINSON; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑09‑00242‑CV, 302 SW3d 392, 11‑05‑09)

FRIENDSWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PATRICIA HANKS v. NANCY KESSLING; from Galveston County; 14th district (14‑07‑01063‑CV, 302 SW3d 373, 11‑03‑09)

BRET "DOC" BERKMAN v. CITY OF KEENE; from Johnson County; 10th district (10‑08‑00073‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 11‑04‑09)
motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction dismissed as moot

TONY CANTU v. JOHN E. MAHER, THOMAS TOLLETT, TOMMY'S RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT COMPANY; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑07‑00584‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑25‑09)
as redrafted

DIANE GARRETT, AS NEXT FRIEND OF CHEYENNE GARRETT v. PATTERSON-UTI DRILLING COMPANY, L.P. AND RICKY WHITE; from Scurry County; 11th district (11‑08‑00230‑CV, 299 SW3d 911, 11‑05‑09)
as redrafted

SCOTT MORGAN RESIDENTIAL, INC. v. BRAY ABARCA AND JUAN CARLOS SANCHEZ; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑07‑00813‑CV, 305 SW3d 110, 09‑24‑09)

FWT, INC. v. HASKIN WALLACE MASON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, L.L.P.; from Tarrant County; 2nd district (02‑08‑00321‑CV, 301 SW3d 787, 11‑25‑09)

MARGARET JOSEPHINE DELVIN-WEINHEIMER v. EDMUND A. WEINHEIMER, JR.; from Wharton County; 13th district (13‑08‑00546‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 12‑03‑09)
as redrafted

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN AND THE TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI AUTHORITY OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; from Nueces County; 13th district (13‑09‑00212‑CV, 305 SW3d 296, 12‑10‑09)

(Justice Green not sitting)

JUDY LAWRENCE v. DESIREE ALEXIS STAFFORD, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ALEX RAY STAFFORD, DECEASED, AND AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARTIN STAFFORD, DECEASED; from Dallam County; 7th district (07‑08‑00053‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 12‑21‑09)

ELEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE DOLLARS (CHAD DAVIS) v. THE STATE OF TEXAS; from San Jacinto County; 9th district (09‑08‑00445‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑27‑09)

MONZER HOURANI AND CARLTON PARK OWNER'S ASSOCIATION v. JONATHAN KATZEN; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑07‑00971‑CV, 305 SW3d 239, 11‑25‑09)

SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE, INC. v. CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, TODD PURCELL IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR, CYPRESS-HAYS, L.P., AND MAK FOSTER RANCH, L.P.; from Hays County; 3rd district (03‑04‑00683‑CV, 304 SW3d 871, 02‑11‑10)

The Court strikes the petition for review with the following notation: "The petition violates Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 53.6 and is struck. Petitioner is ordered to redraw; the redrawn petition is due to be filed by May 17, 2010."

IN RE COMMITMENT OF SETH HILL; from Montgomery County; 9th district (09‑08‑00482‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03‑25‑10)

The Court strikes the petition for review with the following notation: "The petition violates Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 53.6 and is struck. Petitioner is ordered to redraw; the redrawn petition is due to be filed by May 17, 2010."

GREGORY SIMMONS v. HOLLYVIEW APARTMENTS; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑08‑00231‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 09‑24‑09)

BALLY TOTAL FITNESS CORPORATION v. BRIAN AKIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF TED AKIN; from Tarrant County; 10th district (10‑05‑00280‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 02‑14‑07)

JAMES ANDERSON, PATRICIA ANDERSON, JACK CROWDER, CATHY CROWDER, GARY DZYAK, GEORGE ROSEMEIER, EVELYN ROSEMEIER, TOBY SIMMONS, AND PEGGY SIMMONS v. CROWN CENTRAL LLC, ET AL.; from Orange County; 9th district (09‑07‑00308‑CV, 239 SW3d 385, 10‑11‑07)

FRED SAMSON v. JAMES MANLEY AND DON JACKSON; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑07‑01085‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 10‑06‑09)

CONEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION v. FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INC. F/K/A FLUOR DANIEL, INC. AND LESLIE ANTALFFY; from Jefferson County; 9th district (09‑07‑00100‑CV, 273 SW3d 426, 12‑18‑08)
2 motions for rehearing

GERALD W. HADDOCK v. WILLIAM F. QUINN, PAUL E. ROWSEY, III, JOHN GOFF, TERRY N. WORRELL, CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES COMPANY, CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, LTD.; from Tarrant County; 2nd district (02‑06‑00472‑CV, 287 SW3d 158, 02‑26‑09)

IN THE MATTER OF B.D.S.D.; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑07‑01079‑CV, 289 SW3d 889, 06‑18‑09)

IDAHO NORTHERN & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. FAWCETT, LTD.; from Palo Pinto County; 11th district (11‑07‑00154‑CV, 293 SW3d 240, 05‑14‑09)

VIRGINIA POWER ENERGY MARKETING, INC. AND DOMINION RESOURCES, INC. v. APACHE CORPORATION; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑07‑00787‑CV, 297 SW3d 397, 08‑06‑09)

(Justice Guzman not sitting)

SPIN DOCTOR GOLF, INC. v. PAYMENTECH, L.P.; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑08‑00458‑CV, 296 SW3d 354, 09‑18‑09)

IN RE WILLIAM H. WYTTENBACH; from Hidalgo County; 13th district (13‑09‑00535‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 10‑01‑09)
as amended

IN RE BROWNSVILLE-VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.; from Cameron County; 13th district (13‑09‑00047‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 02‑19‑09)

IN RE MIKE HOOKS, INC.; from Starr County; 4th district (04‑09‑00240‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05‑27‑09)
stay order issued December 16, 2009, lifted

IN RE RVOS FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; from Orange County; 9th district (09‑09‑00298‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑27‑09)
as redrafted

IN RE HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER; from Cameron County; 13th district (13‑09‑00625‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 01‑06‑10)

IN RE BOMBARDIER INC., BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE CORPORATION AND LEARJET INC.; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑09‑01513‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 01‑26‑10)
stay order issued March 12, 2010, lifted

IN RE A & C BUILDERS, INC.; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑10‑00304‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04‑22‑10)
petition for review, being treated as a petition for writ of mandamus, denied
motion to stay denied

IN RE ART HARRIS; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑09‑00771‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04‑22‑10)
motion to dismiss petition for writ of mandamus without prejudice as moot, granted
stay order issued September 11, 2009, lifted

(Justice Hecht not sitting)