Payola Justice: How Texas Supreme Court
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Appendix III.
Top-Dollar Docket
Supreme Court cases in which participating parties,
lawyers or law firms gave more than $20,000 to the seven justices.
| Total Linked Money |
Case Name | Parties | Contributors:
Lawyers |
Firms | Opinion
Date |
Docket # |
| $599,912 | CSR Ltd. v. Link | $ | $ | 6/14/96 | 95-0933 | |
| $537,647 | 3M v. Nishika Ltd. | $ | $ | 12/13/96 | 94-1124 | |
| $537,318 | American Petrofina v. Allen | $ | $ | $ | 2/2/94 | D-3099 |
| $378,758 | Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis | $ | $ | 11/15/96 | 94-1057 | |
| $333,785 | Sage St. Assoc. v. Northdale Constr. | $ | $ | 6/28/96 | 94-1037 | |
| $332,093 | GMC v. Bloyed | $ | $ | 2/9/96 | 94-0777 | |
| $318,668 | Sosa v. Central Power & Light | $ | $ | $ | 11/16/95 | 95-0834 |
| $308,624 | City of El Paso v. PUC | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | D-3053 | |
| $297,118 | Angus Chem. Co. v. IMC Fertilizer | $ | $ | 1/10/97 | 96-0743 | |
| $288,163 | Office of Pub. Util. Counsel v. PUC | $ | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | 94-0016 |
| $286,268 | State v. PUC | $ | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | D-3155 |
| $282,368 | Amstadt v. U.S. Brass Corp. | $ | $ | $ | 3/7/96 | 94-0123 |
| $275,077 | Dow Chem. Co. v. Garcia | $ | $ | $ | 11/2/95 | 95-0633 |
| $268,018 | S & A Restaurant v. Leal | $ | $ | 2/16/95 | 94-0844 | |
| $260,168 | Bigham v. Dempster | $ | $ | 6/8/95 | 95-0081 | |
| $259,168 | PUC v. GTE-Southwest, Inc. | $ | $ | $ | 4/13/95 | D-2830 |
| $255,728 | Nat'l Med. Enterprises v. Godbey | $ | $ | 6/14/96 | 95-0401 | |
| $252,128 | Caterpillar, Inc. v. Shears | $ | $ | 6/29/95 | 94-1148 | |
| $250,411 | Barshop v. Medina Water Cons. Dist. | $ | $ | 6/28/96 | 95-0881 | |
| $247,568 | Franks v. Sematech, Inc. | $ | 1/10/97 | 95-1151 | ||
| $246,268 | Benchmark Bank v. Crowder | $ | $ | 3/7/96 | 95-0052 | |
| $244,528 | Hall v. Lawlis | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | 95-0507 | |
| $244,018 | Felts v. Harris County | $ | 1/18/96 | 94-1017 | ||
| $242,740 | Tenneco v. Enterprise Prods. Co. | $ | $ | $ | 7/8/96 | 95-0978 |
| $242,352 | Abbott Labs v. Segura | $ | $ | $ | 6/29/95 | 94-0514 |
| $234,634 | Sysco Food Servs. v. Trapnell | $ | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | D-3684 |
| $227,598 | Prudential Ins. v. Jefferson Assoc. | $ | $ | 3/16/95 | D-3096 | |
| $219,090 | Formosa Plastics v. Presidio Eng'rs | $ | $ | $ | 7/9/97 | 95-1291 |
| $216,200 | Cities for Fair Utility Rates v. PUC | $ | $ | $ | 6/28/96 | 94-1237 |
| $202,943 | Occidental Chem. Corp. v. Banales | $ | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | 95-0480 |
| $199,651 | Parkway Co. v. Presley | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | D-4185 | |
| $197,634 | Saenz v. Fidelity & Guar. Insurance | $ | $ | 6/14/96 | D-4561 | |
| $185,562 | Prudential Secs. Inc. v. Marshall | $ | $ | 11/16/95 | 95-0698 | |
| $184,993 | Transportation Ins. Co. v. Moriel | $ | $ | 6/8/94 | D-1507 | |
| $178,093 | Grant v. 13th Appeals Ct. | $ | $ | 12/22/94 | 94-0581 | |
| $177,229 | State Farm v. Mower | $ | $ | $ | 12/22/95 | 94-0558 |
| $176,584 | Texaco v. Central Power & Light | $ | $ | $ | 5/16/96 | 95-0434 |
| $173,943 | Union Bankers Ins. v. Shelton | $ | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | D-3930 |
| $171,243 | Office of Pub. Util. Counsel v. PUC | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | D-0679 | |
| $170,243 | Firestone Steel v. Barajas | $ | $ | 6/28/96 | 95-0382 | |
| $169,993 | Velsicol Chemical. v. Winograd | $ | $ | 7/9/97 | 96-0861 | |
| $167,335 | Edgewood ISD v. Meno | $ | $ | 1/30/95 | 94-0152 | |
| $166,634 | Lofton v. Allstate Insurance. | $ | $ | 3/30/95 | 94-0993 | |
| $165,834 | Memorial Hospital v. McCown | $ | $ | 7/12/96 | 95-0316 | |
| $164,734 | Tilton v. Marshall | $ | $ | 7/12/96 | 94-1233 | |
| $164,734 | Geary v. Peavy | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | 94-0466 | |
| $164,634 | Thompson v. Cmty. Health Invest. | $ | $ | 4/12/96 | 95-0335 | |
| $164,634 | Peterson v. Reyna | $ | $ | 4/12/96 | 95-1123 | |
| $164,634 | Frank A. Smith Sales v. Flores | $ | $ | 6/8/95 | 95-0224 | |
| $164,634 | Rosser v. Squier | $ | 6/29/95 | 95-0370 | ||
| $164,634 | Trinity Universal Ins. v. Cowan | $ | $ | 5/16/96 | 95-1160 | |
| $164,634 | Ellis Cty. State Bank v. Keever | $ | $ | 11/16/95 | 95-0859 | |
| $164,015 | Randall's Food v. Johnson | $ | $ | $ | 1/12/95 | 94-0055 |
| $149,913 | Huie v. Deshazo | $ | $ | 2/9/96 | 95-0873 | |
| $145,875 | City of Abilene v. PUC | $ | $ | 7/21/95 | D-4044 | |
| $130,260 | Johnson Co. Sherriff's v. Endsley | $ | $ | 6/28/96 | 95-0897 | |
| $123,673 | United States v. Marks | $ | $ | 7/9/97 | 95-1257 | |
| $121,435 | Metropolitan Life v. Syntek Finance | $ | $ | $ | 6/22/94 | 94-0443 |
| $121,060 | Lone Star Gas Co. v. Lemond | $ | 4/13/95 | 94-0525 | ||
| $112,979 | Quest Chemical v. Elam | $ | 5/25/95 | 94-1310 | ||
| $112,087 | Burlington Northern RR v. Tuco Inc. | $ | $ | $ | 6/20/97 | 95-1317 |
| $110,598 | NationsBank v. Dilling | $ | $ | $ | 5/10/96 | 95-0605 |
| $110,126 | State Bar of Texas v. Gomez | $ | 12/22/94 | D-4218 | ||
| $109,960 | Continental Airlines v. Kiefer | $ | $ | $ | 4/12/96 | 95-0500 |
| $108,335 | Hyundai Motor Co. v. Alvarado | $ | $ | 2/16/95 | 94-0820 | |
| $98,510 | Texaco v. Garcia | $ | $ | $ | 1/12/95 | 94-0745 |
| $93,232 | Haynes & Boone v. Bowser Bouldin | $ | $ | $ | 3/30/95 | D-4448 |
| $92,225 | Lenape Resources v. TN Gas | $ | $ | 4/18/96 | 94-0278 | |
| $91,860 | ACS Investors v. McLaughlin | $ | $ | 2/21/97 | 96-0100 | |
| $85,935 | George Grubbs Enterprises v. Bien | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | 94-1052 | |
| $81,388 | Morgan Stanley & Co. v. Texas Oil | $ | $ | 6/20/97 | 95-0085 | |
| $81,210 | Owens-Illinois. v. Estate of Burt | $ | $ | 4/27/95 | 94-0262 | |
| $81,210 | Clayton Williams, Inc. v. Olivo | $ | $ | $ | 7/9/97 | 94-0044 |
| $81,035 | Universal Services Co. v. Ung | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | 94-1053 | |
| $81,011 | Peeler v. Hughes & Luce | $ | $ | $ | 8/1/95 | 94-0041 |
| $81,011 | First USA Mgmt. v. Esmond | $ | $ | 6/6/97 | 95-1254 | |
| $80,609 | H.E. Butt Grocery v. Jefferson Co. | $ | $ | 5/10/96 | 95-1218 | |
| $78,700 | Enron Corp. v. Spring ISD | $ | 5/10/96 | 94-1329 | ||
| $72,960 | Golden Spread Council v. Akins | $ | $ | 7/12/96 | 95-0084 | |
| $72,750 | Travelers Indem. Co. v. Mayfield | $ | 5/31/96 | 95-1209 | ||
| $72,450 | Southland Corp. v. Lewis | $ | $ | 2/28/97 | 96-0478 | |
| $72,260 | Broders v. Heise | $ | $ | 6/14/96 | 95-0168 | |
| $72,160 | Jennings v. Burgess | $ | $ | 3/7/96 | 95-0852 | |
| $71,900 | Bridgestone/Firestone v. Glyn-Jones | $ | 6/15/94 | D-4097 | ||
| $70,800 | Travelers Indem. Co. v. Fuller | $ | $ | 2/16/95 | 94-0648 | |
| $70,800 | U.S. Fire Ins. Co. v. Williams | $ | 7/9/97 | 96-0237 | ||
| $70,800 | Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Davis | $ | 7/7/95 | D-4600 | ||
| $69,631 | Smith v. Babcock & Wilcox Constr. | $ | $ | $ | 12/22/95 | 94-0762 |
| $68,106 | Montalvo v. 4th Appeals Ct. | $ | 11/16/95 | 95-1057 | ||
| $54,638 | Inglish v. Union State Bank | $ | $ | 1/10/97 | 96-0096 | |
| $54,638 | Withem v. Underwood | $ | 5/31/96 | 95-0697 | ||
| $54,281 | E.I. Du Pont v. Robinson | $ | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | 94-0843 |
| $53,825 | Griffin Indus. v. 13th Appeals Ct. | $ | 11/15/96 | 96-0101 | ||
| $52,318 | Taub v. City of Deer Park | $ | 6/22/94 | D-1589 | ||
| $51,006 | American Physicians Ins. v. Garcia | $ | $ | 3/9/94 | D-1239 | |
| $48,125 | TX Water Com v. Brushy Creek MUD | $ | $ | 2/9/96 | 95-0021 | |
| $48,125 | RR Com. v. Torch Operating Co. | $ | $ | 12/22/95 | 95-0017 | |
| $45,100 | St Luke's Episcopal Hospital v. Agbor | $ | $ | $ | 6/20/97 | 96-0085 |
| $42,900 | GMC v. Gayle | $ | $ | 1/10/97 | 96-0589 | |
| $42,750 | Browning-Ferris Industries v. Lieck | $ | $ | $ | 6/2/94 | D-3616 |
| $42,468 | Deloitte & Touche v. 14th Appeals Ct. | $ | $ | $ | 6/6/97 | 96-0362 |
| $41,984 | Lewis v. Blake | $ | 5/11/94 | 94-0097 | ||
| $41,975 | Friendswood Dev. Co. v. McDade | $ | $ | $ | 6/28/96 | 96-0150 |
| $40,450 | American Gen. Fire v. Vandewater | $ | $ | 6/15/95 | 95-0267 | |
| $40,068 | K.D.F. v. Rex | $ | 6/22/94 | D-4340 | ||
| $37,900 | Ford Motor Co. v. Leggat | $ | $ | 6/22/95 | 94-0859 | |
| $37,156 | DPS Officers Assoc. v. Denton | $ | $ | 4/13/95 | D-4557 | |
| $36,775 | Bel-Ton Elec. Service v. Pickle | $ | $ | 1/18/96 | 94-0657 | |
| $36,350 | Ofc. of Pub. Util. Counsel v. PUC | $ | 6/22/94 | D-4400 | ||
| $36,350 | Houston L&P v. Atchison Topeka | $ | 12/22/94 | D-4505 | ||
| $36,300 | Texas Utilities v. Timmons | $ | $ | 6/20/97 | 96-0247 | |
| $36,250 | TX Workers Comp. Com. v. Garcia | $ | $ | 2/9/95 | D-4270 | |
| $35,925 | Butcher v. Scott | $ | $ | 8/1/95 | 95-0170 | |
| $35,925 | Classen v. Irving Healthcare System | $ | $ | 4/27/95 | D-4597 | |
| $35,900 | Mercedes-Benz Credit v. Rhyne | $ | 7/12/96 | 95-0159 | ||
| $33,800 | City of Laporte v. Barfield | $ | $ | 4/27/95 | D-3836 | |
| $33,706 | Smithkline Beecham Corp. v. Doe | $ | 7/21/95 | D-4131 | ||
| $33,450 | Martinez v. Humble Sand & Gravel | $ | 4/20/94 | D-4393 | ||
| $33,000 | Jones v. Com. For Lawyer Discipline | $ | 12/22/95 | 95-0586 | ||
| $32,902 | Cantella & Co. v. Goodwin | $ | 6/28/96 | 95-0819 | ||
| $32,800 | GMC v. Tanner | $ | $ | 2/16/95 | 95-0088 | |
| $32,600 | PUC v. Texas Utilities | $ | 2/9/96 | 94-1071 | ||
| $31,950 | TX Instrument v. Teletron Energy | $ | $ | 4/20/94 | D-3088 | |
| $31,237 | State Farm v. Azima | $ | $ | 3/30/95 | 94-1324 | |
| $29,050 | Baptist Mem. Hospital v. Arredondo | $ | $ | 2/9/96 | 95-0861 | |
| $28,300 | Alaniz v. Jones & Neuse, Inc. | $ | $ | $ | 4/13/95 | 94-0767 |
| $27,750 | Exxon Corp. v. Choo | $ | 1/12/94 | D-1693 | ||
| $27,500 | Texaco v. Sanderson | $ | $ | 5/25/95 | 94-0696 | |
| $26,750 | Cincinnati Life v. Cates | $ | $ | 7/8/96 | 95-1150 | |
| $26,525 | Farris v. Ray | $ | 3/2/95 | 94-1302 | ||
| $26,250 | Centeq Realty v. Siegler | $ | 5/25/95 | 94-0573 | ||
| $26,000 | Laidlaw Waste v. City of Wilmer | $ | $ | 6/29/95 | 94-0566 | |
| $24,250 | Great Am. Ins. v. N. Austin MUD | $ | 7/9/97 | 97-0081 | ||
| $24,250 | CMMC v. Salinas | $ | 7/12/96 | 95-0954 | ||
| $22,100 | Crawford v. Ace Sign, Inc. | $ | $ | 2/9/96 | 95-1199 | |
| $21,650 | Heritage Resources v. NationsBank | $ | $ | 4/25/96 | 95-0515 | |
| $21,600 | Tate v. E.I. DuPont | $ | $ | 11/15/96 | 96-0153 | |
| $20,414 | Helena Labs. Corp. v. Snyder | $ | 11/3/94 | 94-0712 |
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