No. 21-566

Teresa Ward Cooper, as Next Friend of Jane Doe/D. T. v. First Financial Bank, N.A.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-10-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-review declaratory-judgment equal-protection mootness standing subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

When its petition was filed, did the Bank have standing to sue Petitioner/D.T. to remove a claimed uncertainty?

After the Bank pled in its Motion for Summary Judgment that it "filed this action to protect its customer…", did the Bank's standing – if any – to sue Petitioner/D.T. for declaratory judgment become moot?

Did Petitioner/D.T. have a 14th Amendment right to Equal Protection of the laws governing standing of a plaintiff to file a lawsuit and to perpetuate a lawsuit to judgment against her? If so, was Petitioner's/D.T.'s right violated?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When did the Bank have standing to sue Petitioner/D.T. to remove a claimed uncertainty?

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent First Financial Bank, N.A. to respond filed.
2021-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2021)

Attorneys

First Financial Bank, N.A.
Wayne Clifford WatsonMcMahon Surovik suttle, P.C., Respondent
Teresa Cooper
Kenneth M. Stillman — Petitioner