Supreme Court

Case: 04-1104    
04-1104
12/10/2004
Granted Motion to file Certified question
RICHARD FIESS AND STEPHANIE FIESS 
STATE FARM LLOYDS 
Appellate Briefs
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Description▲▼RemarksDocument
10/15/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/14/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/13/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/12/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/11/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/10/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/09/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/08/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/07/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
02/01/2006Additional citations received.Appellee in case Additional cites to published opinion in Lundstrom v. U.S. Automobile Assoc. (14-04-00357-CV).   On behalf of State Farm Lloyds.  
01/06/2006Reply to ResponseAppellant in case Reply to response to motion for sanctions filed on behalf of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess
12/23/2005Reply to ResponseAppellee in case Reply to response to motion to strike post submission supplemental brief filed on behalf of State Farm Lloyds
11/08/2005Supplement to Amicus CuriaeReceived (instead of filed) Post-Submission supplemental brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus curiae in support of Appellants Feiss.
07/26/2005Response to PetitionRespondent State Farm Lloyds' response to post-submission brief of amicus curiae J. Ralph Choate, et al.  
07/14/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) Post-Submission brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus curiae in support of appellants Fiess.  Filed by Donna C. Peavler of Uloth & Peavler, LLP. 3400 Carlisle Street, Suite 430 Dallas TX 75204.  Phone 214-999-0550.  Fax 214/999-0551.
05/23/2005Additional citations received.Appellee in case Notice of additional cites filed on behalf of State Farm Lloyds
03/30/2005Exhibits in case/cause filedAppellee in case Exhibits filed on behalf of State Farm
03/29/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) On behalf of Texas Select Lloyds Ins. Co. By Christopher "Kipper" Burke of Miller & Burke, PC, 7979 Broadway, Suite 209, San Antonio TX 78209.  Ph: 210-930-9190.
03/25/2005Exhibits in case/cause filedAppellant in case 2 set of Handouts one titled "Rules of Construction" and other titled "Policy Language".  (12 copies each)
03/25/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) Amicus brief of Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company et al., submitted by att., Tynan Buthod, 910 Louisiana Street, Houston, Tx.  Ph# 713-229-1234, fx # 713-229-1522
03/25/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) On behalf of Farmers Ins. Exchange and Fire Ins. Exchange in support of respondent, By Warren H. Harris of Bracewell & Patterson, South Tower Pennzoil Place 711 Louisiana St. Suite 2900 Houston TX 77002-2781, Ph 713-223-2900 Fax 713-221-1212
03/21/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) On behalf of Allstate Texas Lloyds Co., in support of respondent, By Rick H. Rosenblum, of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, 300 Covent Suite 1500, San Antonio TX 78205.  Ph 210/281-7000 Fax 210/224-2035.
03/16/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) Brief on William J. Chriss, filed by William J. Chriss, 606 North Carancahua, Suite 1511 (78476), PO Box 2946 Corpus Christi TX 78403.  Ph 361-884-3330, Fax 361-883-9187.
03/11/2005Reply BriefAppellant in case Reply brief of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess.
03/04/2005Amicus Curiae Brief receivedReceived (instead of filed) Amicus brief of Texas Department of Insurance in support of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess, submitted by att., Sarah Wells, 512-463-2018, fax #512-477-2348
03/01/2005Appellees' Brief filedAppellee in case On behalf of State Farm Lloyd.
02/11/2005Appellant's Brief filedAppellant in case On behalf of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess.  Appellants brief on the merits.
12/10/2004Notice of Appeal filedAppellant in case Notice of appeal filed
12/10/2004Certified Question filedAppellant in case Certified question filed by The US Court of Appeals, 5th District; Richard Fiess, and Stephanie Fiess
DC Docket # 4-02-CV-1912
Case Events
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Disposition▲▼RemarksDocument
12/23/2005Response to Motion filed  Response to motion for sanctions filed on behalf of State Farm Lloyds
12/23/2005Reply to Response  Reply to response to motion to strike post submission supplemental brief filed on behalf of State Farm Lloyds
12/10/2004Case Record Filed   Record filed in support of certified question  (volume 1-2)  
12/10/2004Notice requesting filing fee  Fee request sent to att., Robert Miller, and Christopher Martin  
12/10/2004Docket Sheet from court of appeals or trial court filed  Docket sheet filed in support of certified question.
12/10/2004Notice of Appeal filed  Notice of appeal filed
12/10/2004Certified Question filed  Certified question filed by The US Court of Appeals, 5th District; Richard Fiess, and Stephanie Fiess
DC Docket # 4-02-CV-1912
12/09/2005Notice requesting filing fee  Fee letter sent to Mr. Robert Miller requesting the $10 filing fee for motion for sanctions.
12/08/2005Miscellaneous Motion  Appellants Richard and Stephanie Fiess' motion for sanctions.
12/08/2005Response to Motion filed  Appellant Richard & Stephanie Fiess' response to State Farm Lloyds motion to strike post-submission supplemental brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus curiae in support of appellants.
11/22/2005Motion to Strike filed  Motion to strike post submission supplemental brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate filed on behalf of State Farm Lloyds
11/08/2005Supplement to Amicus Curiae  Post-Submission supplemental brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus curiae in support of Appellants Feiss.
10/25/2006Description of document returned to Supreme Court  from Mr. Robert Miller, ant's counsel.  (letter states-the reference cause is now final and the opinions previously sent are hereby certified.  The record which was forward for use by our Court is enclosed.) Verify/updated address w/secretary.  Resent notice.
10/19/2006Case Stored  G02/9-H-4
10/18/2006Record in Certified Question returned  Record returned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Ciruit.
10/15/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/14/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/13/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/12/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/11/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/10/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/09/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/08/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
10/07/2020Brief from database  Refer to file-stamped date on the document for the actual file date.
08/31/2006Miscellaneous motion disposed. See Remarks.Denied Appellants Richard and Stephanie Fiess' motion for sanctions denied
08/31/2006Motion to strike disposedDenied Motion to strike post submission supplemental brief denied
08/31/2006Motion to strike disposedDenied State Farm Lloyds' motion to strike post submission brief denied
08/31/2006Dissenting opinion issued.Issued
08/31/2006Opinion issuedCertified question answered by the Court
08/02/2005Response to Motion filed  Appellants, Richard Feiss', response to State Farm Lloyds' motion to strike post-submission brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus curiae in support of appellants.
08/02/2005Letter Filed  State Farm's response to the Fiesses' July 18th (filed in Court July 21st) letter brief.
07/26/2005Motion to Strike filed  State Farm Lloyds' motion to strike post submission brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus brief in support of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess.
07/26/2005Response to Petition  State Farm Lloyds' response to post-submission brief of amicus curiae J. Ralph Choate, et al.  
07/22/2005Call received  Call rec'd to inform the court that Atty., Lavon Hovantian will be filing a response to the amicus brief and a motion to strike.  
07/21/2005Letter Filed  Letter filed on behalf of Richard and Stephanie Fiess bringing new persuasive authority to the Court's attention.
07/14/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  Post-Submission brief of J. Ralph Choate and Janice G. Choate as amicus curiae in support of appellants Fiess.  Filed by Donna C. Peavler of Uloth & Peavler, LLP. 3400 Carlisle Street, Suite 430 Dallas TX 75204.  Phone 214-999-0550.  Fax 214/999-0551.
05/27/2005Letter Filed  Letter filed on behalf of Richard Feiss in opposition to the additional cites by State Farm Lloyds
05/23/2005Additional citations received.  Notice of additional cites filed on behalf of State Farm Lloyds
04/04/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110408  Amicus Curiae Brief of Farmer's Ins. Exchange & Fire Ins. Exchange 3/25/05
03/30/2005Exhibits in case/cause filed  Exhibits filed on behalf of State Farm
03/30/2005Oral argument   Argued on behalf of appellants by Robert G. Miller;  argued on behalf of appellee by Christopher W. Martin;  argued on behalf of amicus curiae, TX Dept. Ins., by Sarah C. Wells;  Oral arguments heard at The Univ. of Houston Law Center's Krost Auditorium.
03/30/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110407  Amicus Curiae Brief of TX Select Lloyds Ins. Co. 3/29/05
03/29/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  On behalf of Texas Select Lloyds Ins. Co. By Christopher "Kipper" Burke of Miller & Burke, PC, 7979 Broadway, Suite 209, San Antonio TX 78209.  Ph: 210-930-9190.
03/25/2005Exhibits in case/cause filed  2 set of Handouts one titled "Rules of Construction" and other titled "Policy Language".  (12 copies each)
03/25/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  Amicus brief of Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company et al., submitted by att., Tynan Buthod, 910 Louisiana Street, Houston, Tx.  Ph# 713-229-1234, fx # 713-229-1522
03/25/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  On behalf of Farmers Ins. Exchange and Fire Ins. Exchange in support of respondent, By Warren H. Harris of Bracewell & Patterson, South Tower Pennzoil Place 711 Louisiana St. Suite 2900 Houston TX 77002-2781, Ph 713-223-2900 Fax 713-221-1212
03/21/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110106  Amicus Curiae Brief of Allstate TX Lloyds Co   3/21/05
03/21/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  On behalf of Allstate Texas Lloyds Co., in support of respondent, By Rick H. Rosenblum, of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, 300 Covent Suite 1500, San Antonio TX 78205.  Ph 210/281-7000 Fax 210/224-2035.
03/18/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110405  Amicus Curiae Brief of William J. Chriss   3/16/05
03/16/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  Brief on William J. Chriss, filed by William J. Chriss, 606 North Carancahua, Suite 1511 (78476), PO Box 2946 Corpus Christi TX 78403.  Ph 361-884-3330, Fax 361-883-9187.
03/14/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110404  Appellant's Reply Brief on the Merits 3/11/05
03/11/2005Reply Brief  Reply brief of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess.
03/11/2005Motion to Argue disposedFiling granted Amicus' Unopposed Motion to Participate in Oral Argument granted
On behalf of Sarah C. Wells for TX Dept. Ins.
03/09/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110403  Amicus Curiae Brief of Texas Department of Insurance   Filed:  3/4/05
03/07/2005Motion to Argue filed  Unopposed motion for leave to present oral argument filed on behalf of TDI
03/04/2005Amicus Curiae Brief received  Amicus brief of Texas Department of Insurance in support of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess, submitted by att., Sarah Wells, 512-463-2018, fax #512-477-2348
03/01/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110402  Appellees' Brief on the Merits
03/01/2005Appellees' Brief filed  On behalf of State Farm Lloyd.
02/11/2005Electronic copies of brief posted to website  #04110401  Appellants' Brief on the Merits
02/11/2005Appellant's Brief filed  On behalf of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess.  Appellants brief on the merits.
02/08/2006Letter Filed  Letter from Appellant Fiess in response to the additional cites filed 2/1/06.
02/01/2006Additional citations received.  Additional cites to published opinion in Lundstrom v. U.S. Automobile Assoc. (14-04-00357-CV).   On behalf of State Farm Lloyds.  
01/21/2005Case set for oral argumentCase set for oral argument To be argued 03-30-05
01/21/2005Certified Question accepted  To be argued 03-30-05
01/21/2005Certified Question disposedCertified Question accepted
01/19/2005Brief on the Merits Ordered  Expidited briefing requsted;  Appellants brief is due 02-14-05, appellee brief is due 03-01-05, appellants reply brief is due 03-11-05; all briefs are due n/l/t 3:00 p.m., mlbx rule d/n/a
01/06/2006Reply to Response  Reply to response to motion for sanctions filed on behalf of Richard Fiess and Stephanie Fiess
Calendars
Set Date▲▼Calendar Type▲▼Reason Set▲▼Remarks▲▼
10/19/2006Case StoredCase stored.G02/9-H-4
Parties
Party▲▼Party Type▲▼Representative▲▼
State Farm Lloyds AppelleeMr. James Christopher Diamond
Mr. Christopher W. Martin
Mr. William J. Boyce
Mr. Levon G. Hovnatanian
Chriss, William J.Amicus CuriaeMr. William Chriss
Texas Department of InsuranceAmicus CuriaeMr. Gregory Abbott
Ms. Sarah C. Wells
Mr. David C. Mattax
Mr. Barry Ross McBee
Mr. Edward D. Burbach
Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Amicus CuriaeMr. Tynan Buthod
Allstate Texas Lloyds CompanyAmicus CuriaeMr. Rick H. Rosenblum
Fiess, StephanieAppellantMr. Robert G. Miller
Farmers Insurance Exchange and Fire Insurance ExchangeAmicus CuriaeMr. Warren W. Harris
Texas Select Lloyds Insurance CompanyAmicus CuriaeMr. Christopher Lee Burke
Fiess, RichardAppellantMr. Jason Matthew Medley
Mr. Robert G. Miller
Choate, J. RalphAmicus CuriaeMs. Donna Peavler
Court of Appeals Information:
 
 
 
 
Trial Court Information
 
 
 
03-20778