| No. 13-1520 | ||||
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| Docketed: | June 20, 2014 | |||
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Texas |
| Case Nos.: | (11-0265) |
| Decision Date: | August 30, 2013 |
| Rehearing Denied: | March 21, 2014 |
| Rule 12.4 |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jun 19 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 21, 2014) |
| Jun 23 2014 | Waiver of right of respondents All Respondents listed in paragraph 4 on pages iv-v of the Petition to respond filed. |
| Jul 3 2014 | Waiver of right of respondent All Respondents listed in paragraph 5 on page v. of the petition to respond filed. |
| Jul 14 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents in paragraph 4, iv-v of the petition. |
| Jul 14 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents Robert Masterson, et al. in paragraph 5, (v) |
| Jul 16 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014. |
| Jul 21 2014 | Brief amici curiae of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 21 2014 | Brief amici curiae of The Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 21 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 28 2014 | Response Requested . (Due August 27, 2014) |
| Aug 19 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 26, 2014, for all respondents. |
| Aug 27 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Sep 26 2014 | Brief of respondents Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Sep 26 2014 | Brief of respondents Robert Masterson, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Oct 14 2014 | Reply of petitioners The Episcopal Church, et al. filed. |
| Oct 15 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014. |
| Nov 3 2014 | Petition DENIED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal | Hogan Lovells US LLP | (202) 637-5600 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | ||
| Party name: The Episcopal Church, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| George S. Finley | 36 W. Beaureguard, Suite 300 | (325) 653-6721 |
| Counsel of Record | San Angelo, TX 76901 | |
| Party name: All Respondents listed in paragraph 5 on page v. of the petition | ||
| Reagan W. Simpson | Yetter Coleman, LLP | (713) 632-8000 |
| Counsel of Record | 909 Fannin Street, Suite 3600 | |
| Houston, TX 77010 | ||
| rsimpson@yettercoleman.com | ||
| Party name: Robert Masterson, et al. | ||
| Aaron M. Streett | Baker Botts L.L.P. | (713) 229-1234 |
| Counsel of Record | 910 Louisiana Street | |
| Houston, TX 77002-4995 | ||
| aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com | ||
| Party name: Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Matthew D. McGill | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| Mmcgill@gibsondunn.com | ||
| Party name: The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, et al. | ||
| Tejinder Singh | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. | (202)-362-0636 |
| 5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW | ||
| Suite 850 | ||
| Washington, DC 20814 | ||
| tsingh@goldsteinrussell.com | ||
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Mark Henry Michael Sosnowsky | Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | (202) 842-8800 |
| 1500 K Street NW, Suite 1100 | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| mark.sosnowsky@dbr.com | ||
| Party name: The Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, et al. | ||
| John S. Zavitsanos | Ahmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi & Mensing PC | (713) 655-1101 |
| 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 3460 | ||
| Houston, TX 77010 | ||
| jzavitsanos@azalaw.com | ||
| Party name: The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | ||