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SCOTX: Implied Revocation Doctrine Alive and Well in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the implied revocation doctrine adopted by the Court in a 1947 case remains the law of Texas and applies to all contracts, not...
Fifth Circuit Punts SB 8 Enforcement Issue to SCOTX
In a split 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has certified a question to the Texas Supreme Court concerning the...
SCOTX Sets Oral Argument in Redistricting Case
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Abbott v. Mexican American Legislative Caucus (No. 22-0008) on March 23 at 9 a.m. MALC, Senators Gutierrez and...
Buzbee Law Firm Loses TCPA Appeal in Tortious Interference Suit
Last September we reported that SCOTX had denied review of an appeal from the El Paso Court of Appeals in which the court rejected an attempt by the Buzbee Law Firm...
SCOTX Issues 47th Emergency Order Since Pandemic Commenced
The Texas Supreme Court has updated its emergency order to extend remote proceedings in civil and criminal cases through April 1, 2022. It further permits municipal...
TCJL Files Brief in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Settlement Credit
TCJL has filed an amicus curiae brief in Jesus Vilar, M.D. and GMG Health Systems Associates, P.A. a/ka and d/b/a Gonzaba Medical Group v. Jo Ann Puente (No....
SCOTX Rejects Loss of Market/Book Value Measure of Consequential Damages
In August, 2020, TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in Signature Industrial Services, LLC and Jeffry Ogden v. International Paper Company (No. 20-0396), a contractual...
Personal Jurisdiction Case Once Again Reveals Rift in Dallas Court of Appeals
As we reported last August, the Dallas Court of Appeals’ ruling in Steward Health Care Sys. LLC v. Saidara, 633 S.W.3d 120 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2021, no pet.) uncovered...
SCOTX Sends §18.001 Medical Affidavit Case Back to Trial Court for Second Try
In a per curiam opinion (In re Oscar Degaberto Flores and Rivas Trucking Specialty, LLC., No. 20-0602), the Texas Supreme Court has “invited” a Dallas trial court to...
Austin Court of Appeals Declines to Overrule Trial Court Injunction Blocking Enforcement of Governor’s Emergency Order Nullifying Harris County Mask Mandate
The Austin Court of Appeals has declined a request by Governor Abbott and Attorney General Paxton (the “state”) to order a Travis County trial court to withdraw a...
SCOTX: Implied Revocation Doctrine Alive and Well in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the implied revocation doctrine adopted by the Court in a 1947 case remains the law of Texas and applies to all contracts, not just those involving the sale of real estate. In Angel and South State Bank, N.A. v. Tauch (No....
Fifth Circuit Punts SB 8 Enforcement Issue to SCOTX
In a split 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has certified a question to the Texas Supreme Court concerning the interpretation of several state licensing and regulatory statutes that may authorize some state officials to...
SCOTX Sets Oral Argument in Redistricting Case
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Abbott v. Mexican American Legislative Caucus (No. 22-0008) on March 23 at 9 a.m. MALC, Senators Gutierrez and Eckhardt, Rueben Cortez, Jr., and Tejano Democrats filed suit in Travis County challenging the...
Buzbee Law Firm Loses TCPA Appeal in Tortious Interference Suit
Last September we reported that SCOTX had denied review of an appeal from the El Paso Court of Appeals in which the court rejected an attempt by the Buzbee Law Firm to dismiss an El Paso physician’s defamation lawsuit under the Texas Citizen Participation Act (Ch. 27,...
SCOTX Issues 47th Emergency Order Since Pandemic Commenced
The Texas Supreme Court has updated its emergency order to extend remote proceedings in civil and criminal cases through April 1, 2022. It further permits municipal and justice courts to continue modifying or suspending pretrial or trial hearing deadlines through...
TCJL Files Brief in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Settlement Credit
TCJL has filed an amicus curiae brief in Jesus Vilar, M.D. and GMG Health Systems Associates, P.A. a/ka and d/b/a Gonzaba Medical Group v. Jo Ann Puente (No. 20-093), which is currently pending on petition for review before the Texas Supreme Court. The case raises a...
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