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Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals reverses $15.8 Million Judgment Against Producer in Royalty Dispute
The Corpus Christi/Edinburg Court of Appeals has reversed a sizable judgment against an oil and gas producer in a dispute over the interpretation of the royalty...
SCOTX Reverses Austin Court of Appeals Decision, Rules That Defendant’s Untimely Designation of Causation Expert Had Good Cause
The Texas Supreme Court reversed an Austin Court of Appeals decision upholding a judgment against an Austin hydraulics company for breach of the implied warranty of...
Business Court Finds No Jurisdiction in Trade Secrets Dispute Between California Entities
The Business Court has ruled that it does not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant in a misappropriation of trade secrets case because the operative facts...
15th Court of Appeals Upholds TC Dismissal of Electricity Wholesaler’s Challenge to ERCOT Protocols
The 15th Court of Appeals has upheld a Travis County district court order granting pleas to the jurisdiction filed by the PUC and ERCOT in an electricity wholesalers...
Tyler Court of Appeals Upholds Take-Nothing Judgment in Favor of Operator in Royalty Dispute
The Tyler Court of Appeals has affirmed a San Augustine County district court’s take-nothing judgment on a jury verdict finding that an oil and gas operator did not...
Lt. Gov. Patrick Adds More Interim Charges
The Lieutenant Governor has added more charges to the interim call. [embeddoc...
Corpus Christi-Edinburgh Court of Appeals Holds That Crude Oil Stored for International Shipment Immune from Taxation
In a series of four rulings, the Corpus Christi-Edinburg Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by the San Patricio County District to assess crude held in a...
House Interim Charges Released
Speaker Burrows has released the House Interim Charges for 2026. [embeddoc url="https://tcjl.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/House-Interim-Charges.pdf"...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Enforces Duty to Defend Provision Against Contractor
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has affirmed summary judgment in favor of a property owner in a dispute with a security contract over the enforcement of an indemnity...
Business Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Breach of Noncompete Agreement Case
The Business Court has granted an employer’s request for a temporary injunction to block a former employee from engaging in competitive activities despite a...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Contractor in Third-Party Liability Case
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order granting summary judgment to a contractor in a worksite injury case in which the plaintiff alleged that the contractor retained control of the subcontractor’s work. Jeremy Haggard v. Blattner Energy,...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court for Allowing Direct Liability Claim Against Trucking Company’s Customer in Wrongful Death Case
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a shipper’s petition for writ of mandamus after a trial court denied its Rule 91a motion to dismiss a wrongful death plaintiff’s claim that the shipper negligently hired a federally-regulated carrier to haul its goods. In re Home...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Defense Summary Judgment in Wrongful Death Case
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a Dallas County district court’s order granting summary judgment to an independent contractor and subcontractor in a wrongful death action. Christina C. Torres, Individually and as Next Friend of L.N.T., a Minor and as...
SCOTX Reverses Fort Worth Court of Appeals Application of “Gist Rule” to a Royalty Dispute Involving Mineral Leases in West Virginia
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision overturning a trial court judgment awarding various equitable remedies to a plaintiff in a dispute over royalty payments owed on mineral leases in West Virginia. The Court’s ruling rejects the...
Business Court Denies Defendants’ Motion to Remand Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Dispute to District Court
The Business Court has denied a motion by defendants in a misappropriation of trade secrets dispute to remand the case to the Harris County district court in which it was originally filed. Aspire Commercial, LLC v. Christopher Stephenson and BES.AI, LLC (2026 Tex....
Business Court Grants Summary Judgment for Plaintiff in Dispute Over Acquisition of Weatherford Apartment Complex
In another of the real estate disputes that appear to be popular in the Business Court, the court has granted summary judgment to Plaintiff that sold a $76 million apartment complex in Weatherford to a real estate management firm. The Mark at Weatherford Owner, LLC v....
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