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VII. Appendices

A. Top-Donor Petitions
Mortgaged House
The accompanying table lists 20 petitions filed by the petitioners who contributed the most political money to the justices. The petitioning parties and legal counsel that filed each of these petitions contributed totals ranging from $375,522 to $881,709 to the justices. These justices, who accept 11 percent of the petitions that they receive, agreed to accept a remarkable 65 percent of these top-dollar petitions.

 
   
 Petitioner 
 Respondent 
Petition
Petition
Case No.
 Donations 
Donations
 Accepted?
Coastal Corporation v. Garza, et al. 
96-1208
$881,709
$188,645
No
Aetna Casualty Co. v. Union Pacific Resources Co. 
95-0473
$791,147
$29,647
No
Quintana Petroleum Corp. v. Kenley 
96-0805
$632,857
$6,200
No
Tenneco Oil Co., Fina Oil Co. v. Galveston Terminals, Inc.
95-0949
$568,204
$0
Yes
Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Burlington Northern RR
96-0684
$542,695
$34,134
Yes
Cook v. Fingold 
95-0572
$524,345
$0
No
General Motors Corp. v. Bloyed
94-0777
$520,167
$1,600
Yes
Schlumberger Technology Corp. v. Swanson, et al.
95-0355
$516,318
$354,774
Yes
HEB Grocery Co. v. Moody's Quality Meats, Inc. 
97-0940
$444,320
$300
No
Transamerican Natural Gas v. Nancy Rodriguez Fuentes 
96-1243
$427,601
$1,000
Yes
U.S. Brass Corp. v. Andraus, et al.
94-0123
$404,822
$5,000
Yes
S & A Restaurant Corp. v. Leal
94-0844
$401,772
$500
Yes
Owens Corning v. Cole, et al.
98-0180
$401,322
$24,408
No
Hyundai Motor Co. v. Alvarado, et al.
95-0969
$391,610
$5,150
Yes
El Paso Electric Co. v. Texas Dept. of Insurance
95-0943
$390,323
$2,225
Yes
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Nishika Ltd.
94-1124
$380,372
$429,320
Yes
Black v. Martin
95-1260
$379,772
$14,670
No
McCamish Martin Brown & Loeffler v. FE Appling Interests
97-0970
$377,422
$1,000
Yes
Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis
94-1057
$376,242
$163,075
Yes
Standard Fruit & Vegetable Co. v. Johnson
97-0976
$375,522
$0
Yes
       
Yes: 65%

 
 


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