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Austin Court of Appeals Rules for Appraisal Districts in Gas Compressor Cases, Potentially Creating a Loophole in Tax Code Treatment of a Dealer’s Inventory of Heavy Equipment
As we reported in June, energy companies that lease natural gas compressors won a significant victory for property owners when the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that...
Governor Abbott Appoints Blacklock As Chief Justice, Sullivan As Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Texas
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jimmy Blacklock as Chief Justice and James P. Sullivan as Justice, Place 2, on the Supreme Court of Texas for terms set to expire...
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Benjamin Robertson, 226th Judicial District Court Tracy Sorenson, 278th Judicial District Court Emily Fisher, 306th Judicial District Court Terence Davis, 480th...
Austin Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment Against Electric Co-op for Breach of Easement
The Austin Court of Appeals has reversed a Hays County Court at Law judgment in favor of plaintiff landowners and rendered judgment for an electric co-op in a breach...
Sweeping AI Regulatory Bill Filed
As promised, legislation aimed at regulating the development and use of artificial intelligence systems has been added to the hopper for the 2025 session. HB 1709...
Appeal to 15th Court of Appeals Argues That the Court Has Same General Jurisdiction as Other Intermediate Appellate Courts
A party to a lawsuit in a Harris County district court has appealed the judgment in the case to the statewide 15th Court of Appeals, which was created by the...
SCOTX Stays Yet Another UIM Case from Dallas Court of Appeals, this Time on a Sanctions Order
For the twelfth time in the last year, the Texas Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay while it considers an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus in an...
SCOTX Grants Review in Case in which Trial Court Struck Non-Subscriber’s Designation of RPTs in Employee’s Negligence Suit
In a case we reported on early last spring, the Texas Supreme Court has granted review in a case in which the trial court struck a non-subscriber’s designation of...
Concurring Opinion in Fraud Case Questions Whether Fraud Without Aggravating Circumstances Justifies Punitive Damages
In an opinion concurring with the Houston [1st] Court of Appeals’ denial of en banc review in a fraud case, newly appointed Justice David Gunn, formerly a pre-eminent appellate lawyer with the firm Beck Redden, has raised the question of whether a showing of common...
TCJL Tracking Report 1-10-2025
TCJL Tracked Bill List January 10, 2025 New bills since the last report are in RED New Causes of Action Tort Liability Construction Law Freedom to Contract Health Care Liability Judicial Matters/Practice of Law Eminent Domain Dobbs/SB 8/Obergefell/LGBTQ...
SCOTX Reverses Course, Grants Mandamus in Discovery Dispute Involving Child Pornography
As we reported nearly a year ago, a deeply divided Texas Supreme Court 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 that she asserts...
SCOTX Rules for Producer in Dispute Over Calculation of Non-Participating Royalty Interest
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision holding that the owner of a non-participating royalty interest did not convert his fixed interest into a floating one when he entered into a stipulation and cross-conveyance agreement with...
Austin Court of Appeals Rules for Appraisal Districts in Gas Compressor Cases, Potentially Creating a Loophole in Tax Code Treatment of a Dealer’s Inventory of Heavy Equipment
As we reported in June, energy companies that lease natural gas compressors won a significant victory for property owners when the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that § 25.25(c), Tax Code, motion to correct the appraisal roll is not precluded by a prior unsuccessful...
Governor Abbott Appoints Blacklock As Chief Justice, Sullivan As Justice Of The Supreme Court Of Texas
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jimmy Blacklock as Chief Justice and James P. Sullivan as Justice, Place 2, on the Supreme Court of Texas for terms set to expire on December 31, 2026. "With more than 35 years on the bench, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht is the state’s...
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