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In a case with significant ramifications for the oil and gas industry, a split El Paso Court of Appeals has held that a mineral lessee does not have standing to sue a pipeline company for preventing it from accessing its oil and gas due to an underground...

Following on the heels of the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Van Dyke v. Navigator Group, 668 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. 2023), the El Paso Court of Appeals has held that a deed conveying “3/16ths of one-eighth of all the oil and/or gas or other minerals produced . . ....

The Austin Court of Appeals has issued a revised docketing statement to assist in transferring eligible cases to the new statewide court of appeals, which goes into business on September 1, 2024. A copy of the statement can be viewed below. The relevant language...

In a case we first reported in December, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed an Austin Court of Appeals opinion overturning a summary judgment in favor of an emergency care physician under the “willful and wanton negligence” standard under Chapter 74, CPRC....

The Texas Supreme Court has denied a petiton for writ of mandamus filed by a Fort Worth Court of Appeals justice who is seeking to unseat incumbent Justice John Devine. In re The Honorable Brian Walker (No. 24-0016; January 11, 2024) arose from Justice Walker’s...

In a case we initially reported a few weeks ago, a deeply divided Texas Supreme Court has lifted an emergency stay and denied the relator’s petition for a writ of mandamus to block a trial court order compelling her to turn over a video to opposing counsel’s lawyer...

In a case transferred from Bexar County, the El Paso Court of Appeals has held that San Antonio Water System has governmental immunity in a claim brought by a surety company contesting SAWS’s release of contract funds to a contractor without the company’s consent....

In a case pitting the behemoth news publishing company Gannett and the sprawling Texas-based tax consulting firm Ryan, LLC, the Beaumont Court of Appeals has held that Texas courts have no jurisdiction over a breach of contract claim asserted by Ryan for failing to...

The Texas Supreme Court has denied mandamus in a case brought by a secessionist group to force the State Republican Party chair  to put an “independence” proposition on the ballot for the upcoming primary election .In re Texas Nationalist Movement (No. 24-0025;...

In two cases based on the 2023 legislative mandate that judicial candidates disclose certain information on their ballot application, the Texas Supreme Court has held that this requirement does not authorize a primary election official to bar a candidate from the...

After more than 50 years of on-again, off-again litigation, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has put what we hope is the last nail in the coffin of Nueces County’s efforts to tax property located in San Patricio County. Nueces County and Nueces County Appraisal...

In a case exposing the unsavory practices of some plaintiff’s firms and medical bill factoring companies, the Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a Dallas County district court’s confirmation of an arbitration award of nearly $550,000 to a factoring company....