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Judge Sidney Allen Fitzwater

Judge, N.D. TX

Republican Court: TXND Born: 1953-01-01
50
Cases in Database
17%
Settlement Rate
33%
Dismissal Rate
15%
Trial Rate
203,212
Court Cases (FJC)

Education

SchoolDegreeYear
Baylor UniversityB.A.1975

Judicial Positions

CourtPositionStartEnd
N.D. TXJudge1986Active

Disposition Patterns — TXND

How 203,212 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

17%
Settled
33%
Dismissed
15%
Went to Trial
$614,867
Avg Award
$27,000
Median Award
11,702
Judgment for Plaintiff
Case TypeTotalSettledDismissedTrialPretrialAvg Award
General24,3392%61%17%0%$766,667
Civil Rights23,5343%58%23%0%$953,429
Other Contract14,74732%22%15%5%$849,097
Employment11,71638%24%21%0%$343,716
Personal Injury - Product Liability10,5147%28%2%0%$745,127
Insurance8,11839%19%11%1%$868,852
Other Civil Rights7,93919%39%21%0%$342,043
Motions to Vacate Sentence6,7872%61%20%0%
Other Statutory Actions5,87324%27%16%5%$429,339
Other Personal Injury4,61934%19%17%0%$457,665
Health Care/Pharmaceutical4,5221%38%0%0%
Employee Retirement Income Security Act3,36641%18%15%3%$450,938
Bankruptcy Appeals3,3119%48%5%0%$943,400
Fair Labor Standards Act3,23742%21%12%3%$486,329
Recovery of Student Loans3,2116%5%23%46%$273,336
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))3,0803%15%15%0%
Asbestos2,6752%10%0%0%$246,000
Trademark2,47235%17%17%6%$745,690
SSID Title XVI2,4063%23%19%0%
Negotiable Instrument2,26726%20%26%9%$1,452,212

Texas State Court Analytics by Category

CategoryFilingsSettledDismissedTrialDefaultMedian Duration
Landlord-Tenant185,00024.3%28.7%1.8%40.2%35d
Contract124,50035.8%22.4%2.1%34.2%248d
Divorce/Family82,34148.5%19.2%5.1%21.3%285d
Personal Injury62,84571.2%16.8%2.4%5.2%398d
Consumer Protection38,27934.2%22.8%2.4%35.1%195d
Workers' Comp28,25371.2%12.4%6.8%3.2%445d
Employment18,42062.1%23.5%3.8%4.8%435d
Wrongful Death3,46372.5%14.8%5.2%3.1%520d

Source: Texas Administrative Office of the Courts

Financial Disclosures (200 holdings)

YearDescriptionValue Code
2018Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income FundJ
2018Ameren Corporation Common StockJ
2018American Funds-Wash. Mut. Invs. Fund-AJ
2018Bank of America Cash AccountK
2018Blackrock Global Allocation Fund Inc. A (See Part VIIIK
2018Blackrock Strategic Income AJ
2018Blackrock Strategic Income AK
2018Calamos Growth and Income Fund-Class CJ
2018Cigna Corp. Common Stock (X) (See Part vinJ
2018Consolidated Edison. Inc. Common StockK
2018Dominion Energy, Inc. Common StockK
2018Dreyfus Strategic Municipals Inc. (Closed: End Fund)J
2018Duke Energy Corp. Common StockK
2018Emerson Electric Co. Common StockJ
2018Enbridge Inc. Common StockJ
2018Entergy Corp. Common StockJ
2018Evergy, Inc. Common Stock (X) (See Part VinJ
2018Exelon Corp. Common StockK
2018Express Scripts Holding Co. Common Stock (See Part VIN
2018ExxonMobil Corp. Common StockM
2018First Eagle Global Fund Class AK
2018Firstenergy Corp. Common StockJ
2018Fr-Franklin IncomeK
2018Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Common StockK
2018IM Corp. Common StockK
2018IRA #1 (Nos. 21-26) (H)
2018Invesco Van Kampen Mumcipal Opportunity TrustJ
2018LP. Morgan Chase & Co. Common StockJ
2018Lincoln Nat'l Corp. Secure LineM
2018Lord Abbett Fundamental Equity-Class A 1X) (See Part VIII)J
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