Supreme Court of Texas

Defendant-insurance company successfully challenges an order certifying a class of its policyholders, who seek dividends from the company's surplus, on the ground that the trial court failed to perform the rigorous analysis that class certification requires.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2004
• Decided 12/03/2004
• Published 12/03/2004

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• P.M. Schenkkan and William W. Dibrell, William Gerow Christian, John J. McKetta, III, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, Austin, and Gary Gurwitz, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, for Petitioner., Sara Scribner and Karen Pettigrew, Office of Attorney General, Austin, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Adam Poncio, Law Offices of Cerda & Poncio, P.C., San Antonio, William D. Mount Jr., Roy S. Dale, Katie P. Klein, Dale & Klein, McAllen, Ramon Garcia, Law Offices of Ramon Garcia, P.C., Edinburg, for Respondent.