Spectrum WT v. Wendler

Opinion

Case: 23-10994 Document: 207-2 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/27/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

_____________ FILED October 27, 2025

No. 23-10994 Lyle W. Cayce _____________ Clerk

Spectrum WT; Barrett Bright; Lauren Stovall,

Plaintiffs—Appellants,

versus

Walter Wendler; Dr. Christopher Thomas; John Sharp; Robert L. Albritton; James R. Brooks; Jay Graham; Tim Leach; Bill Mahomes; Elaine Mendoza; Michael J. Plank; Cliff Thomas; Demetrius L. Harrell, Jr.; Michael A. Hernandez, III,

Defendants—Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 2:23-CV-48

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ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion August 18, 2025, 5 Cir., 2025, 151 F.4th 714)

Before Elrod, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Richman, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.*

Case: 23-10994 Document: 207-2 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/27/2025

No. 23-10994

Per Curiam:

A majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor, on the Court’s own motion, to rehear this case en banc, IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs. Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 41.3, the panel opinion in this case dated August 18, 2025, is VACATED.

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*Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, did not participate in the consideration of the rehearing en banc.