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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...
15th Court of Appeals Applies Sovereign Immunity to Bar Property Owner’s Suit Seeking Restitution of Property Sold by State to Pay a Subsequently Overturned DTPA Judgment
The 15th Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying the state’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit seeking restitution for the value of property...
Divided 15th Court Rules That Attorney Immunity Applies to Attorney That Allegedly Provided Business Advice to Corporate Entity
A split 15th Court of Appeals has reversed a Business Court order denying an attorney defendant’s Rule 91a motion to dismiss based on the affirmative defense of...
Business Court Grants Special Appearance to California Resident Who Acted as Defendants’ Agent in Disputed Texas Deal
The Business Court has dismissed a non-resident individual from a Texas business dispute for lack of personal jurisdiction, CWK Management, Inc., for itself and...
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...
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 with a cancer technology research firm. The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, The...
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 church bylaws regarding the appointment of a new pastor and management of church assets. Jeremiah Counsel...
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 blatantly political) effort of the Office of Attorney General to block the State Fair’s decision to bar guns...
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