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Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Largely Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Insurer in Homeowner’s Insurance Dispute
In a home insurance policy dispute stemming from a 2020 plant explosion, the 14th Court of Appeals has affirmed a Harris County Civil Court at Law’s summary judgment...
Business Court Rejects Claim for Specific Performance in Failed Real Estate Deal
The Business Court [11th Division] has rejected a purported real estate purchaser’s claim of entitlement to specific performance after the sale fell through at the...
SCOTX Grants Mandamus, Dismisses Shareholder Suit Against Trust Advisor, and Enforces Forum-Selection Clause Requiring Shareholder Derivative Suits to Be Brought in Maryland
The Texas Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit filed in Dallas County by shareholders of a Maryland-based real estate investment trust against the trust’s...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Vacating $36 Million Arbitration Award
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order vacating a $36 million arbitration award in a separation dispute between a corporate director and...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses TRO in Breach-of-Contract Dispute Over Payment for Crude Oil Deliveries
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a trial court's grant of a TRO freezing the transfer of an energy marketing assets pending determination...
Justice Boatman Calls on SCOTX to Consider Whether TRCP 251, 252 Apply to Motions for Continuance of a No Evidence Summary Judgment Hearing
In a case in which plaintiffs moved for continuance of a no evidence summary judgment hearing on the basis that their attorney’s death (which defendants knew about...
Special Election Runoffs for SD9, TX18 Set For Jan. 31st
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation announcing Saturday, January 31, 2026 as the runoff election date for the unexpired term in the previous 18th...
15th Court of Appeals Dismisses Statutory Claims in Annexation Dispute with City for Mootness, Preserves State’s Attorney’s-Fee Claim under the UDJA
The 15th Court of Appeals has dismissed the state’s lawsuit against the City of Kyle as moot because the city disannexed the property subject to the suit. The court...
Business Court Finds Jurisdiction Over General Contractor’s Third-Party Claims Against Subcontractors in Suit Involving Apartment Complex Construction
The Business Court [Third Division] has denied an apartment developer’s plea to the jurisdiction, which challenged the court’s subject matter jurisdiction over...
Business Court Denies Defense Motion for Summary Judgment in Dispute Over Royalties from Landfill
The Business Court [11th Division] has denied a landfill operator’s motion for summary judgment in a breach of contract suit in which landowners alleged that the...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of TCPA Motion to Dismiss in Employer-Employee Dispute
The Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order denying an employer’s TCPA motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by its former employee. Quattro Operating, Inc., a Division of Arch Energy Group, LLC v. Clayton Byrd (No. 05-25-00357-CV; October 7,...
El Paso Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Granting Special Appearance of California Defendant Who Asserted Fiduciary Shield Doctrine
In a dispute over a failed, ‘eleventh hour’ real estate financing arrangement, the El Paso Court of Appeals has reversed the trial court’s order granting Defendant’s special appearance, finding the fiduciary shield doctrine did not protect him since he failed to...
15th Court of Appeals Foils Venue-Shopping in Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Case Against Pharmaceutical Company
The 15th Court of Appeals has conditionally granted a writ of mandamus requested by pharmaceutical company in qui tam action under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. The court’s decision was the second time the court had to mandamus a Harrison County...
Austin Court of Appeals Affirms TC Order Dismissing Case Against Director of Texas Military Forces Museum
The Austin Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling that dismissed the director of the Texas Military Forces Museum from a lawsuit over a gift of WWI memorabilia. Bruce Feltner v. Texas Military Department (No. 03-23-00653-CV; October 10, 2025) arose from a...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Largely Affirms TC Summary Judgment for Insurer in Homeowner’s Insurance Dispute
In a home insurance policy dispute stemming from a 2020 plant explosion, the 14th Court of Appeals has affirmed a Harris County Civil Court at Law’s summary judgment order pertaining to Plaintiff’s extracontractual claims but reversed and remanded with respect to her...
Business Court Rejects Claim for Specific Performance in Failed Real Estate Deal
The Business Court [11th Division] has rejected a purported real estate purchaser’s claim of entitlement to specific performance after the sale fell through at the last minute. City Choice Group, LLC v. TMC Grand Blvd Land Company, LLC and BCEGI Grand Blvd Manager,...
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