Supreme Court of Texas
PERRY v. DEL RIO, 01-0728, 01-0810; 01-0827
A court can have subject matter jurisdiction over a claim that was not ripe when the case was filed but became ripe while the case was pending.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/13/2001
- Published 09/13/2001
Judges
- Justice HECHT, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Lee E. Parsley,Andy Taylor, Jan Soifer, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Austin, C. Robert Heath, David Mendez, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, Austin, John Cornyn, Atty. Gen., Philip A. Lionberger, Lisa Royce Eskow, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Atty. Gens., for Petitioner in Dkt. No. 01-0728., Jan Soifer, E. Lee Parsley, Andy Taylor, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Austin, C. Robert Heath, David Mendez, Steve Bickerstaff, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, Austin, John Cornyn, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Philip A. Lionberger, Lisa Royce Eskow, Attorney Generals, Austin, for Petitioners in Dkt. No. 01-0810., Russell S. Post, Richard P. Hogan, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Kevin H. Dubose, Roger Townsend, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, Houston, for Relator in Dkt. No. 01-0827.
- For Appellees:
- Renea Hicks, Attorney At Law, E. Leon Carter, Case Carter Salyers & Henry, David Weiser, Kator Parks & Weiser, Austin, for Respondents in Dkt. No. 01-0728., David Weiser, Kator Parks & Weiser, Austin, Richard E. Gray, III, Gray & Becker, Austin, for Respondent in Dkt. No. 01-0810., George Irvin Terrell, Samuel W. Cooper, Kevin Thomas Jacobs, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, E. Leon Carter, Barbara Kay Salyers, Case Carter Salyers & Henry, Dallas, for Respondent in Dkt. No. 01-0827.