Register Now: TCJL Judicial Primary Candidate Forum 1-30-18
You are Cordially Invited to the
Texas Civil Justice League
2018 Judicial Primary
Candidate Forum
featuring 2018 primary candidates and incumbents for:
TEXAS SUPREME COURT
& TEXAS COURTS OF APPEALS
Featuring Special Guest
The Honorable Harriet O’Neill
Former Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Monday, January 30, 2018
10AM – 3PM
Moody Bank Tower Auditorium
400 W. 15th Street, 3rd Floor
Austin, Texas 78701
Attendance and lunch complimentary for TCJL members
Cost for non-members is $25
If you would like to suggest questions to be considered for submission to the judges/candidates, please send your suggestions to carol@tcjl.com and lisa@daviskaufman.com
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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,...