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| 12/18/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time disposed. | Filing granted |
Second Motion for Extension of Time to file Respondent's Brief on the Merits granted. No further extensions of time will be considered. Respondent's brief is due no later than January 10, 2019; and Reply brief is due January 25, 2019.
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| 12/17/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed | |
Second Motion for Extension of Time to file Respondent's Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Robert Jones.
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| 11/20/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time disposed. | Filing granted |
Motion for Extension of Time to file Respondent's Brief on the Merits granted. Further requests for extensions of time will be disfavored. Respondent's brief is due no later than December 20, 2018; and Reply brief is due January 4, 2019.
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| 11/19/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed | |
Motion for Extension of Time to file Respondent's Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Robert Jones.
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| 10/31/2018 | Brief on the Merits | |
Petitioners' Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 10/21/2019 | Post submission brief filed | |
Post-Submission Letter Brief filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 10/02/2020 | Mandate issued | |
Mandate & Cost Bill Issued
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| 10/02/2020 | Motion for Rehearing - Disposed | Denied with Justice not sitting. |
(Justice Boyd not participating)
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| 10/02/2019 | Post submission brief filed | |
Post-Submission Brief filed on behalf of Robert Jones.
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| 09/25/2019 | Post submission brief filed | |
Post-Submission Brief filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 09/19/2019 | Oral argument | |
Argued on behalf of petitioners by Charles L. Babcock; Argued on behalf of respondent by Ben C. Brooks and Alan B. Daughtry
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| 09/17/2019 | Amicus Curiae Brief received | |
Amicus Brief received on behalf of Stephanie Zoanni. Submitted by Harry Herzog with Herzog & Carp of Katy, Texas.
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| 09/17/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time disposed. | Filing granted |
Motion for Extension of Time to file Petitioner's Brief on the Merits granted. FURTHER REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME FOR THIS FILING WILL BE DISFAVORED. Petitioner's Brief is due October 31, 2018; Response Brief is due November 20, 2018; Reply Brief is due December 5, 2018.
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| 09/17/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed | |
Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to file Petitioner's Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., et al.
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| 09/17/2018 | Case Record Filed | |
Electronic Appellate Record received.
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| 09/13/2019 | Submission Schedule | |
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| 09/06/2018 | Record Requested in Case | |
Record requested from the 3rd COA
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| 08/31/2018 | Brief on the Merits Ordered | |
Brief on the merits requested: Petitioner's brief due no later than October 1, 2018; Response brief due October 22, 2018; Reply brief due November 6, 2018.
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| 08/21/2019 | Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received | |
Oral Argument will be presented by Charles L. Babcock with Jackson Walker LLP of Houston, Texas, filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 08/21/2019 | Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received | |
Oral Argument Submission Form filed on behalf of Robert Jones. Oral Argument will be presented by Ben C. Brooks and Alan B. Daughtry.
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| 08/07/2020 | Amicus Curiae Brief received | |
Amicus Curiae Brief of Media Amici submitted by Marc A. Fuller of Vinson & Elkins LLP of Dallas.
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| 08/07/2019 | Motion to withdraw disposed of | Filing granted |
Motion to Withdraw as Counsel filed on behalf of Sean D. Jordan, counsel for Petitioners, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al. is granted.
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| 08/07/2019 | Motion to Withdraw Filed | |
Motion to Withdraw as Counsel filed on behalf of Sean D. Jordan, counsel for Petitioners, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 07/13/2018 | Amicus Curiae Brief received | |
Amicus Brief received from Texas Association of Broadcasters, et al. Submitted by Wallace Jefferson of Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP of Austin, Texas.
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| 07/10/2020 | Case forwarded to Court | |
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| 07/10/2020 | Motion for Rehearing | |
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| 07/10/2018 | Reply to Response | |
Reply in Support of Petition for Review filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 06/28/2019 | Case set for oral argument | Case set for oral argument |
This case has been set for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., September 19, 2019. Time allotted to argue: 20/20 minutes.
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| 06/28/2019 | Petition for Review disposed | Filing granted |
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| 06/28/2019 | Petition for Review granted | |
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| 06/20/2018 | MET to file reply disposed of | Filing granted |
Motion for Extension of Time to file Reply in Support of Petition for Review has been granted. FURTHER REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME FOR THIS FILING WILL BE DISFAVORED. Reply is due on July 10, 2018.
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| 06/20/2018 | Motion to Extend Time to File Reply filed | |
Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to file Reply in Support of Petition for Review filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 06/11/2018 | Response to Petition | |
Response to Petition for Review filed on behalf of Robert Jones.
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| 05/26/2020 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing disposed | Filing granted |
Motion for Extension of Time to file Motion for Rehearing granted. Further requests for extensions of time will be disfavored. Motion for Rehearing is due no later than July10, 2020.
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| 05/22/2020 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing | |
Motion for Extension ot Time to file Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 05/11/2018 | Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response | |
Requested response to petition for review due no later than June 11, 2018.
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| 05/08/2020 | Court approved judgment sent to attorneys of record | Issued |
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| 05/08/2020 | Dissenting opinion issued. | Issued |
Chief Justice Hecht delivered a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Green and Justice Blacklock joined.
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| 05/08/2020 | Opinion issued | Court of Appeals' judgment affirmed/remanded to trial court |
The Court affirms the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to the trial court. Justice Guzman delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice Lehrmann, Justice Devine, Justice Busby, and Justice Bland joined.(Justice Boyd not participating)
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| 04/10/2018 | Case forwarded to Court | |
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| 03/07/2018 | Petition for Review | |
Petition for Review filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 02/08/2019 | Reply Brief | |
Reply Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Warners Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 01/29/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Review disposed | Filing granted |
Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to file Petition for Review is granted. Petition for Review is due March 7, 2018.
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| 01/29/2018 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Review filed | |
Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to file Petition for Review filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 01/15/2019 | Motion for Extension of Time disposed. | Filing granted |
Motion for Extension of Time to file Petitioner's Reply Brief on the Merits granted. FURTHER REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME FOR THIS FILING WILL BE DISFAVORED. Reply Brief is due February 8, 2019.
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| 01/15/2019 | Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed | |
Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to file Petitioner's Reply Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al.
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| 01/10/2019 | Brief on the Merits | |
Respondent's Brief on the Merits filed on behalf of Robert Jones.
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