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Business Court Rules in Favor of Texas Rangers Owner Bobby Simpson In Dispute With His Former Spouse
The Business Court has sided with one of the owners of the Texas Rangers in a dispute over the terms of an agreed divorce decree that established a constructive...
Business Court Throws Out Breach of Contract Claim for Noncompliance with Statute of Frauds
The Business Court has granted summary judgment in favor of a real estate developer who argued that a contract with a homebuilder to purchase lots in a subdivision...
15th Court of Appeals Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Workers’ Compensation Carrier in Benefits Dispute
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed summary judgment in favor of a workers’ compensation carrier in a dispute with an injured worker over the scope of her injury....
15th Court of Appeals Agrees with Trial Court That PUC Amendment to Rate Filing Package for Municipal Transmission Utility Was Arbitrary and Capricious
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a Travis County district court ruling that the PUC violated its own rules when it made a significant change in its Rate Filing...
Business Court Tosses Lawsuit Arising Out of Dispute Between Devotees of Indian Saint Sai Baba
The Business Court has granted summary judgment to defendants in a lawsuit brought by trustees who pushed forward with an election to divest the existing board of...
15th Court of Appeals Rules for Comptroller in Franchise Tax Dispute Over COGS Deduction
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court judgment against two taxpayers whose franchise tax audit resulted in a deficiency. Toro Rojo, Inc. and Casco...
15th Court of Appeals Rejects Breach of Contract, Takings Claims Against MD Anderson Based on Sovereign Immunity
The 15th Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying MD Anderson’s plea to the jurisdiction in a suit alleging that it breached a license agreement...
Business Court Largely Dismisses Lawsuit by Disgruntled Parishioners Against Second Baptist Church of Houston
The Business Court has granted summary judgment to the Second Baptist Church on most claims brought by an association of church members that contested a change in...
15th Court of Appeals Affirms TC Dismissal of State’s Lawsuit Against City of Dallas and State Fair of Texas Over Gun Ban
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment to the City of Dallas and State Fair of Texas in the much ballyhooed (and...
Business Court Rejects Work Product Privilege Assertion in Discovery Dispute
The Business Court has rejected an investment entity’s assertion of the work product privilege for notes taken by one of its representatives of a phone call with a...
Business Court Rules in Favor of Texas Rangers Owner Bobby Simpson In Dispute With His Former Spouse
The Business Court has sided with one of the owners of the Texas Rangers in a dispute over the terms of an agreed divorce decree that established a constructive trust for his former spouse’s share of Rangers ownership units awarded to her in the divorce. Janice L....
Business Court Throws Out Breach of Contract Claim for Noncompliance with Statute of Frauds
The Business Court has granted summary judgment in favor of a real estate developer who argued that a contract with a homebuilder to purchase lots in a subdivision was unenforceable under the statute of frauds. Riverside Homebuilders, Ltd. v. FG Aledo Development, LLC...
15th Court of Appeals Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Workers’ Compensation Carrier in Benefits Dispute
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed summary judgment in favor of a workers’ compensation carrier in a dispute with an injured worker over the scope of her injury. Stephanie Lovings v. American Zurich Insurance Company/Texas Department of Insurance Division of...
15th Court of Appeals Agrees with Trial Court That PUC Amendment to Rate Filing Package for Municipal Transmission Utility Was Arbitrary and Capricious
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a Travis County district court ruling that the PUC violated its own rules when it made a significant change in its Rate Filing Package for municipal transmission facilities without giving public notice and holding a public...
Business Court Tosses Lawsuit Arising Out of Dispute Between Devotees of Indian Saint Sai Baba
The Business Court has granted summary judgment to defendants in a lawsuit brought by trustees who pushed forward with an election to divest the existing board of directors from the management of the temple but didn’t amend the nonprofit corporation’s certificate of...
15th Court of Appeals Rules for Comptroller in Franchise Tax Dispute Over COGS Deduction
The 15th Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court judgment against two taxpayers whose franchise tax audit resulted in a deficiency. Toro Rojo, Inc. and Casco Hauling and Excavating Co. v. Kelly Hancock, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas; and Ken...
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