Supreme Court

Case: 14-0949    
14-0949
11/17/2014
Petition for Writ of Mandamus
IN RE LIFE PARTNERS, INC., LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., BRIAN D. PARDO, AND R. SCOTT PEDEN 
 
Appellate Briefs
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Description▲▼RemarksDocument
11/17/2014Petition for Writ of Mandamus filedRelator Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed on behalf of Life Partners, Inc., et al.
Case Events
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Disposition▲▼RemarksDocument
11/25/2014Case forwarded to Court 
11/17/2014Case Record Filed   Mandamus Record Vols. I - III. On behalf of Life Partners, Inc., et al.
11/17/2014Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed  Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed on behalf of Life Partners, Inc., et al.
11/03/2017Case Stored  e-stored
11/03/2017Petition for Writ of Mandamus disposedDismissed
11/03/2017Abatement Order Lifted  Abatement order issued February 6, 2015 is lifted.
11/03/2017Petition for Writ of Mandamus reinstated  
10/06/2017Motion to dismiss  Motion to Dismiss filed on behalf of Life Partners, Inc., et al.
09/21/2017Call received  Call received from attorney Richard Phillips, Jr. letting the Court know that a motion to dismiss is forthcoming.
09/21/2017Phone call from Clerk's Office  Call made to attorney on behalf of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., Richard Phillips, Jr., to inquire if a motion to dismiss is forthcoming due to status report filed with the Court on August 16, 2017.  Left voicemail.
08/23/2016Status report filed  Joint Status Report
08/22/2016Call received  Call received from Mr. Rich Phillips, attorney for relator to inquire about filing their status report.
08/16/2017Status report filed  Joint Status Report filed on behalf of the Life Partners Creditors’ Trust, Alan J. Jacobs as Trustee for the Life Partners’ Creditors Trust and John Willingham.
08/07/2015Status report filed  Joint Status Report
08/07/2015Notice of Appearance  Notice of Appearance - Richard B. Phillips will be lead attorney for Life Partners Holdings, Inc. and Life Partners, Inc.
08/06/2015Call received  The Joint Status Report will be filed tomorrow.
07/22/2016Status Report requested  Status report requested due no later than August 22, 2016.
07/17/2017Status Report requested  Status report requested due no later than August 16, 2017.
02/06/2015Status Report requested  Status report requested no later than August 6, 2015.
02/06/2015Petition for Writ of Mandamus disposedAbated due to bankruptcy
02/06/2015Order of the Court IssuedMatter in Supreme Court of Texas Abated Effective January 20, 2015, the case is abated pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 8.2 until further order of this Court and is removed from the Court's active docket, subject to reinstatement upon proper motion.  Tex. R. App. P. 8.3.  All motions and other documents pending or filed are abated subject to being reurged in the event the case is reinstated.   Tex. R. App. P. 8.2, 8.3.  It is the parties' responsibility to immediately notify this Court once the automatic bankruptcy stay is lifted.
02/05/2015Letter Filed  Relator's letter filed on behalf of Life Partners, Inc. agreeing that the automatic stay should apply to the original proceeding, but giving a bit more explanation concerning why that could change.
01/30/2015Letter Filed  Letter stating " Plaintiffs are of the position that the automatic stay should stay this appeal." On behalf of John Willingham.
01/28/2015Letter sent to parties from Supreme Court - See Remarks  Letter sent to parties regarding Relators' Notice of Stay Because of Bankruptcy.  The Court requests that parties inform the Court whether the automatic stay applies in this case.  Parties have ten days to respond.  
01/27/2015Notice of Bankruptcy  Notice of Stay Because of Bankruptcy filed on behalf of Life Partners, Inc.
01/09/2015Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response  Requested response to petition for writ of mandamus due no later than February 9, 2015.
Calendars
Set Date▲▼Calendar Type▲▼Reason Set▲▼Remarks▲▼
11/03/2017Case StoredCase stored. 
Parties
Party▲▼Party Type▲▼Representative▲▼
Pardo, Brian D.RelatorMr. Charles (Chad) E. Baruch
Mr. Chad McLain
Mr. G. Kevin Buchanan
Peden, R. ScottRelatorMr. G. Kevin Buchanan
Mr. Charles (Chad) E. Baruch
Mr. Chad McLain
Willingham, JohnReal Party in Interest Mr. Michael Everett Heygood
Mr. Mark William Allan
Mr. James Craig Orr Jr.
Life Partners, Inc.RelatorMr. Chad McLain
Mr. G. Kevin Buchanan
Mr. Charles (Chad) E. Baruch
Mr. Richard B. Phillips Jr.
Life Partners Holdings, Inc.RelatorMr. Chad McLain
Mr. Charles (Chad) E. Baruch
Mr. G. Kevin Buchanan
Mr. Richard B. Phillips Jr.
Court of Appeals Information:
Denied 
___ SW3d ___, 10-21-14 
5th Court of Appeals 
Honorable Ada Elene Brown 
Trial Court Information
191st District Court 
Dallas 
Honorable Gena N. Slaughter 
DC-11-10639