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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
203,222
Court Cases (FJC)

Education

SchoolDegreeYear
Baylor UniversityB.A.1975

Judicial Positions

CourtPositionStartEnd
N.D. TXJudge1986Active

Disposition Patterns — TXND

How 203,222 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

17%
Settled
33%
Dismissed
15%
Went to Trial
$615,924
Avg Award
$28,000
Median Award
11,707
Judgment for Plaintiff
Case TypeTotalSettledDismissedTrialPretrialAvg Award
General24,3392%61%17%0%$766,667
Civil Rights23,5353%58%23%0%$953,429
Other Contract14,74932%22%15%5%$849,511
Employment11,71638%24%21%0%$343,716
Personal Injury - Product Liability10,5157%28%2%0%$745,127
Insurance8,11839%19%11%1%$868,852
Other Civil Rights7,94019%39%21%0%$356,093
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
Trademark2,47335%17%17%6%$807,614
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
20193M Corp. Common StockK
2019Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income FundJ
2019Ameren Corporation Common StockJ
2019American Funds-Wash. Mut. Invs. Fund-AJ
2019BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (See Part VIII)J
2019Bank of America Cash AccountL
2019Blackrock Global Allocation Fund Inc. A (See Part VIII)K
2019Blackrock Strategic Income AK
2019Blackrock Strategic Income Opportunities Fund A (See Part VIII)J
2019Calamos Growth and Income Fund-Class A (See Part VIII)J
2019Cigna Corp. Common Stock (See Part VIII)
2019Consolidated Edison, Inc. Common StockK
2019Dominion Energy, Inc. Common StockK
2019Duke Energy Corp. Common StockK
2019Emerson Electric Co. Common StockK
2019Enbridge Inc. Common StockJ
2019Entergy Corp. Common StockK
2019Evergy, Inc. Common StockJ
2019Exelon Corp. Common StockK
2019ExxonMobil Corp. Common StockM
2019FT-Franklin IncomeL
2019First Eagle Global Fund Class AL
2019Firstenergy Corp. Common StockJ
2019Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Common Stock
2019IRA #1 (Nos. 20-25) (H)
2019Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity TrustJ
2019J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Common StockJ
2019Lincoln Nat'l Corp. Secure LineM
2019Lord Abbett Fundamental Equity-Class AJ
2019Lord Abbett Income Fund-Class AK
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