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TCJL Files Amicus Brief in Discovery Dispute
On Friday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief requesting that the Texas Supreme Court reconsider a late 1980s decision that opened the door to broad discovery sharing...
SCOTX Denies Review in Three Permissive Interlocutory Appeals Cases
Subsequent to the decision in Industrial Specialists, LLC v. Blanchard Refining Company LLC and Marathon Petroleum Company LP (No. 20-0174), in which a divided Texas...
County Courts Have Jurisdiction in Eminent Domain Cases Regardless of Amount in Controversy
In a case in which TCJL participated as amicus curiae, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a split Waco Court of Appeals decision holding that a Walker County Court...
Texas Central Railway Has Eminent Domain Authority
By a 5-3 margin (Justice Bland not participating), the Texas Supreme Court has held that Texas Central Railway, a private entity seeking to construct a high-speed...
Redistricting Case Splits SCOTX
Over a vociferous dissent by Chief Justice Hecht (joined by Justices Boyd and Blacklock), the Texas Supreme Court has allowed a challenge to the legislature’s...
Shippers Prevail in Trucking Case Discovery Disputes
In a pair of per curiam opinions, the Texas Supreme Court has granted writs of mandamus compelling a trial judge to deny overbroad discovery requests in cases...
SCOTX Splits Three Ways in Permissive Interlocutory Appeal Case
In a relatively rare show of disunity, a divided Texas Supreme Court has ruled that §51.014(f), CPRC, gives a court of appeals unfettered discretion to deny a...
SCOTX Jettisons Discredited Precedent in Rare Departure from Stare Decisis
In an opinion by newly minted (and elected) Justice Evan Young, the Texas Supreme Court has rid itself of a troublesome precedent from a bygone era in which minor...
SCOTX Takes Toxic Tort Exposure Case
An Eastland Court of Appeals decision implicating the adequacy of evidence of exposure to toxic chemicals has attracted the attention of the Texas Supreme Court....
SCOTX Grants Review in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Settlement Credit
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review a San Antonio Court of Appeals decision declaring the Chapter 33 settlement credit unconstitutional under the Open...
TCJL Files Amicus Brief in Discovery Dispute
On Friday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief requesting that the Texas Supreme Court reconsider a late 1980s decision that opened the door to broad discovery sharing in Texas tort litigation. The case, In re Uber Technologies, Inc. (No. 22-0453), arose from an alleged...
SCOTX Denies Review in Three Permissive Interlocutory Appeals Cases
Subsequent to the decision in Industrial Specialists, LLC v. Blanchard Refining Company LLC and Marathon Petroleum Company LP (No. 20-0174), in which a divided Texas Supreme Court ruled that §51.014(f), CPRC, gives a court of appeals unfettered discretion to deny a...
County Courts Have Jurisdiction in Eminent Domain Cases Regardless of Amount in Controversy
In a case in which TCJL participated as amicus curiae, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a split Waco Court of Appeals decision holding that a Walker County Court at Law did not have jurisdiction over an eminent domain case because the alleged damages exceeded the...
Texas Central Railway Has Eminent Domain Authority
By a 5-3 margin (Justice Bland not participating), the Texas Supreme Court has held that Texas Central Railway, a private entity seeking to construct a high-speed electric railroad connecting Dallas and Houston meets the statutory definition in Chapter 131,...
Redistricting Case Splits SCOTX
Over a vociferous dissent by Chief Justice Hecht (joined by Justices Boyd and Blacklock), the Texas Supreme Court has allowed a challenge to the legislature’s redrawing of House districts in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties to proceed. In the majority opinion by...
Shippers Prevail in Trucking Case Discovery Disputes
In a pair of per curiam opinions, the Texas Supreme Court has granted writs of mandamus compelling a trial judge to deny overbroad discovery requests in cases involving truck accidents. The first case involves a wrongful-death plaintiff’s request for discovery of the...
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- 2019 Legislators of the Year
- 86th Legislative Session Report
- Texas Civil Justice League Amicus Report
- Eminent Domain: Why S.B. 421 was a Litigation Nightmare
- Interim Study to Take Another Look at Judicial Selection
- Paid or Incurred: Next Frontier of Tort Reform? Close Paid or Incurred Loophole