IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

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No. 06-1040

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Federal Insurance Co., Petitioner,

v.

Samsung Electronics America,

Samsung Telecommunications America, L.P.

f/k/a Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc., and

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Respondents

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On Petition for Review from the

Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas

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             Justice Hecht, joined by Justice Brister, dissenting.

             For the reasons expressed today in my dissenting opinion in Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Nokia, Inc., ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2008) (Hecht, J., dissenting), I respectfully dissent from the Court’s opinion in this case.

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                                                                                                                                    Nathan L. Hecht

                                                                                                                                    Justice

Opinion issued: August 29, 2008