Supreme Court

Case: 21-0313    
21-0313
04/07/2021
Multidistrict Litigation
IN RE WINTER STORM URI LITIGATION 
 
Appellate Briefs
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Description▲▼RemarksDocument
11/16/2023MDL Response filed Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Response to Letter filed on November 14, 2023 filed on behalf of plaintiffs by attorney Allan Kanner
11/14/2023Multidistrict Litigation letter receivedOther than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Letter filed on behalf of Non-Movants Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. et al.
09/15/2023Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  Plaintiffs' Joint Reply to Defendants' Response in Opposition to Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of MDL Nos.5.00311, 5.00322 by attorney Allan Kanner
09/05/2023MDL Response to Motion for Rehearing  Response in Opposition to Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., et al. by Michael Heidler
09/05/2023MDL Response to Motion for Rehearing  Response in Opposition to Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., et al. by attorney Michael Heidler
08/16/2023Rehearing before the Multidistrict Litigation PanelJoint motion filed Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Kanner & Whiteley, LLC Plaintiffs, et al. filed by attorney Allan Kanner
02/03/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Letter to MDL Panel asking to withdraw Motion to Remand filed on behalf of Darrin and Darrell by attorney Allie J. Hallmark
02/02/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Darrin and Darrell Johnson's Motion to Remand filed by attorney Allie J. Hallmark
12/17/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. FBCC CityPoint LP's Reply in Support of its Motion to Remand filed by attorney Brandon Crisp
12/07/2021MDL Response filed Defendant(s) Defendant City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy's Response in Opposition to FBCC CityPoint LP's Motion to Remand filed by attorney Breck Harrison
07/02/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Fifth Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Michael Raiff.
06/16/2021Amendment to Multidistrict Litigation filingOther than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Texas Inc.'s Amended Designation of Tag-Along Cases and Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by attorney William Johnson
06/10/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Texas Inc.'s Designation of Tag-Along Cases and Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by William Johnson
05/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, et al.'s Designation of Tag-Along Cases and Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by attorney Joel Montgomery
05/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Fourth Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorneys for Defendants Luminant Generation Co. and Vistra Corp. filed by attorney Joseph A. Fischer, III
05/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's Designation of Tag-Along Cases/ Third Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
05/07/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filedMovant ERCOT's Reply in Support of Motion to Transfer and Request for Immediate Stay and Supplemental Identification of Related Cases filed by attorney Elliot Clark
05/06/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filedOther than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Luminant Generation Co., et al.'s Reply in Support of Notices of Related Proceedings and Requests for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Michael Raiff
05/06/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Other than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Third Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Michael Raiff
05/03/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filedOther than Petitioner, Respondent, Relator etc. Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's Joinder in CenterPoint Energy Houston, et al. Reply in Support of its Motion to Transfer Related Proceedings and its Joinder in ERCOT's Motion to Transfer to Pretrial Court, and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
04/29/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Defendant(s) Defendant Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay.
04/29/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filedMovant CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Reply in Support of its Motion to Transfer Related Proceedings and its Joinder in ERCOT's Motion to Transfer to Pretrial Court, and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Joel Z. Montgomery
04/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  CPS Energy's Reply to Mendoza Plaintiffs' Objection to Transfer and Motion for Stay filed by attorney Julia W. Mann
04/28/2021MDL Response to Motion for TransferRespondent Plaintiffs Dolores Jackson, et al's Response to ERCOT's Motion to Transfer and Notice of Related Proceedings filed by attorney Jason Itkin
04/27/2021MDL Response to Motion for TransferRespondent Plaintiffs' Response to ERCOT's Motion to Transfer and Notice of Related Proceedings filed by Brent Coon
04/23/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed on behalf of Luminant Generation Co., et al.
04/20/2021MDL Response filed Respondent Mendoza Plaintiffs' Objection to Motion for Stay filed by CPS Energy filed by attorney Marco Crawford
04/19/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Defendant Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Notice of Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
04/16/2021Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filed  Defendants CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Joinder in ERCOT's Motion to Transfer to Pretrial Court, Motion to Transfer Related Proceedings, and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Joel Z. Montgomery
04/15/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Notice of Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed on behalf of CPS Energy by attorney Julia Mann
04/07/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing Movant Notice of Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed on behalf of Defendants Luminant Generation Co., et al. by attorney Michael Raiff
04/07/2021Multidistrcit Litigation Motion to TransferMovant ERCOT's Motion to Transfer and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Elliot Clark
Case Events
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Disposition▲▼RemarksDocument
11/29/2023Rehearing before the Multidistrict Litigation Panel disposedDenied Order issued stating: "We conclude that the MDL Pretrial Court’s rulings denying the motions to remand were based on the standards outlined in Rule 13, and that the Pretrial Court has properly construed our Order of Transfer. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 13.2 (f), (g). Therefore, we deny the Joint Motion for Rehearing."
11/16/2023MDL Response filed   Response to Letter filed on November 14, 2023 filed on behalf of plaintiffs by attorney Allan Kanner
11/14/2023Multidistrict Litigation letter received  Letter filed on behalf of Non-Movants Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. et al.
10/04/2023MDL Notice of Submission 
09/15/2023Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  Plaintiffs' Joint Reply to Defendants' Response in Opposition to Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of MDL Nos.5.00311, 5.00322 by attorney Allan Kanner
09/05/2023MDL Response to Motion for Rehearing  Response in Opposition to Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., et al. by Michael Heidler
09/05/2023MDL Response to Motion for Rehearing  Response in Opposition to Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc., et al. by attorney Michael Heidler
08/21/2023Call received  Call received from counsel regarding filing.
08/16/2023Rehearing before the Multidistrict Litigation Panel  Joint Motion for Rehearing filed on behalf of Kanner & Whiteley, LLC Plaintiffs, et al. filed by attorney Allan Kanner
02/03/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Letter to MDL Panel asking to withdraw Motion to Remand filed on behalf of Darrin and Darrell by attorney Allie J. Hallmark
02/02/2022Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Darrin and Darrell Johnson's Motion to Remand filed by attorney Allie J. Hallmark
01/20/2022Motion before the MDL Panel disposedDisposed as Transferred Order stated: "After consideration of the motion, the response, and the reply, and pursuant to the applicable law and rules governing the MDL proceeding, the MDL panel concludes that the motion to remand should have been filed directly with the MDL Pretrial Court rather than the MDL Panel. Accordingly, we transfer the motion to remand to the MDL Pretrial Court without reaching the merits of the motion."
12/17/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   FBCC CityPoint LP's Reply in Support of its Motion to Remand filed by attorney Brandon Crisp
12/07/2021MDL Response filed   Defendant City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy's Response in Opposition to FBCC CityPoint LP's Motion to Remand filed by attorney Breck Harrison
11/17/2021Electronic communication sent to Party  Email sent to Danica Milios, Kevin Terrazas and Austin Krist stating, "The MDL Panel has informed me to relay that a response to FBCC Citypoint LP's Motion to Remand, efiled on November 12, 2021, is due December 7, 2021 and that a reply is due ten (10) days following the filing of the response."
11/12/2021Multidistrict Litigation Motion  FBCC CityPoint LP's Motion to Remand filed by attorney Kevin Terrazas
07/27/2021Call received  Call received from counsel for the Mendoza Plaintiffs.
07/26/2021Document filed (see remarks)  Mendoza Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand filed by attorney Marco Crawford; Counsel would like to withdraw this motion per call on 7/27/21
07/07/2021Appointment of Pretrial Judge   Order Issued stating: "The Panel on Multi-District Litigation previously entered a Per Curiam Order dated June 10, 2021, granting ERCOT’s Motion to Transfer and granting the Notices of Related Proceedings and Joinders filed by Luminant, CPS, CenterPoint, and Oncor. In accordance with Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 13.6, the Panel now designates the 281st District Court of Harris County Texas as the Pretrial Court for this MDL case and assigns the Honorable Sylvia A. Matthews as the Pretrial Judge."
07/02/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Fifth Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Michael Raiff.
06/30/2021Letter Received  Letter from Chief Justice Hecht stating: "Pursuant to Administrative Rule 13.6(a) and effective immediately, the Honorable Sylvia A. Matthews, former district judge, is authorized to serve as a pretrial judge upon assignment by the Panel on Multi-District Litigation in the above-referenced case."
06/16/2021Amendment to Multidistrict Litigation filing  American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Texas Inc.'s Amended Designation of Tag-Along Cases and Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by attorney William Johnson
06/10/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Texas Inc.'s Designation of Tag-Along Cases and Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by William Johnson
06/10/2021Multidistrict Litigation Motion to Transfer disposedFiling granted Motion to Transfer Granted. Pretrial court and judge will be appointed at a later time.
05/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, et al.'s Designation of Tag-Along Cases and Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by attorney Joel Montgomery
05/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's Designation of Tag-Along Cases/ Third Notice of Additional Related Proceedings filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
05/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Fourth Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorneys for Defendants Luminant Generation Co. and Vistra Corp. filed by attorney Joseph A. Fischer, III
05/11/2021MDL Motion to Stay disposedFiling granted Motions to Stay are granted
(5/11/2021 12:58:48 PM) 21-0313 MDL Motions to Stay_Granted_05-11-21.pdf
05/07/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  ERCOT's Reply in Support of Motion to Transfer and Request for Immediate Stay and Supplemental Identification of Related Cases filed by attorney Elliot Clark
05/06/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Third Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Michael Raiff
05/06/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  Luminant Generation Co., et al.'s Reply in Support of Notices of Related Proceedings and Requests for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Michael Raiff
05/05/2021Motion to Stay filed before the MDL Panel  Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
05/03/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's Joinder in CenterPoint Energy Houston, et al. Reply in Support of its Motion to Transfer Related Proceedings and its Joinder in ERCOT's Motion to Transfer to Pretrial Court, and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
04/29/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Reply in Support of its Motion to Transfer Related Proceedings and its Joinder in ERCOT's Motion to Transfer to Pretrial Court, and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Joel Z. Montgomery
04/29/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Defendant Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay.
04/28/2021Multidistrict Litigation Reply filed  CPS Energy's Reply to Mendoza Plaintiffs' Objection to Transfer and Motion for Stay filed by attorney Julia W. Mann
04/28/2021MDL Response to Motion for Transfer  Plaintiffs Dolores Jackson, et al's Response to ERCOT's Motion to Transfer and Notice of Related Proceedings filed by attorney Jason Itkin
04/28/2021Electronic communication sent to Party  Email sent to counsel for Plaintiffs.
04/27/2021MDL Response to Motion for Transfer  Plaintiffs' Response to ERCOT's Motion to Transfer and Notice of Related Proceedings filed by Brent Coon
04/23/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Notice of Additional Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed on behalf of Luminant Generation Co., et al.
04/20/2021MDL Response filed   Mendoza Plaintiffs' Objection to Motion for Stay filed by CPS Energy filed by attorney Marco Crawford
04/19/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Defendant Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Notice of Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed by attorney Quentin L. Smith
04/16/2021Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filed  Defendants CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Joinder in ERCOT's Motion to Transfer to Pretrial Court, Motion to Transfer Related Proceedings, and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Joel Z. Montgomery
04/15/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Notice of Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed on behalf of CPS Energy by attorney Julia Mann
04/09/2021MDL Motion to Stay disposedFiling granted Order Issued stating, "ERCOT’s Request for Immediate Stay, filed on April 7, 2021, is granted.  All trial court proceedings in the 35 cases listed in Appendix A to ERCOT’S Motion to Transfer are stayed until further order of the MDL Panel.
The Request for Emergency Stay, filed on April 7, 2021, as part of the Notice of Related Proceedings, is also granted. All trial court proceedings in the 15 cases listed as related proceedings are stayed until further order of the MDL Panel."
04/07/2021Multidistrict Litigation Filing   Notice of Related Proceedings and Emergency Request for Stay filed on behalf of Defendants Luminant Generation Co., et al. by attorney Michael Raiff
04/07/2021Motion to Stay filed before the MDL Panel  Request for Immediate Stay, incorporated within Motion to Transfer, filed on behalf of ERCOT by attorney Elliot Clark
04/07/2021Multidistrcit Litigation Motion to Transfer  ERCOT's Motion to Transfer and Request for Immediate Stay filed by attorney Elliot Clark
Calendars
Set Date▲▼Calendar Type▲▼Reason Set▲▼Remarks▲▼
No Calendar.
Parties
Party▲▼Party Type▲▼Representative▲▼
PlaintiffsRespondentMr. Francis I. Spagnoletti
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT)MovantMr. Elliot Clark
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