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SCOTX Mandamuses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals to Consider Whether Judgment Debtor Posted Adequate Alternative Security
In a per curiam opinion, SCOTX sent the matter back to the court of appeals. Issue one was the dispute over ex-husband’s net worth. After detailing the applicable...
SCOTX Reverses Plainly Erroneous El Paso Court of Appeals Decision in Commercial Trucking Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a divided El Paso Court of Appeals’ ruling that a plaintiff in a commercial trucking case presented more than a scintilla of...
SCOTX Reverses Nuclear Verdict in Werner Case
In a case in which we and just about every other organization on the defense side of the bar appeared as amici, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th]...
Register Today! TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 2025
TCJL 39th Annual Meeting 2025 Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Headliners Club 221 West 6th Street Austin 9:00-11:00 CLE Growing Pains: Reviewing the First Year of the...
SCOTX Mandamuses South Texas Trial Court in Phantom Damages Case
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a major corporation’s petition for mandamus in a South Texas in which the plaintiff’s lawyer, operating under letters of...
SCOTX Rules That Produced Water Conveys to the Producer Under a Typical Oil-and-Gas Lease
In a case closely watched by oil and gas producers and surface owners, the Texas Supreme Court has decided that produced water, the chemical mix of brine and...
SCOTX Agrees to Review Dallas Court of Appeals Decision Overturning Plaintiff’s Verdict Based on Trial Court’s Spoliation Charge
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Dallas Court of Appeals decision overturning a jury verdict and remanding for new trial based on the trial court’s...
SCOTX Grants Review of Fort Worth Court of Appeals Decision Dismissing Dispute Involving West Virginia Mineral Interests for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review a Fort Worth Court of Appeals’ decision dismissing a dispute concerning the ownership of West Virginia mineral...
Texas Supreme Court Finds No Jurisdiction in Products Liability Case Against Foreign Manufacturer of Fuel Pumps
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision affirming a trial court order denying the special appearance of a South Korean parts...
SCOTX Finds No Jurisdiction Over Austrian Aircraft Engine Manufacturer in Product Liability Lawsuit
In a case in which TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief in support of an Austrian aircraft-engine manufacturer in a product liability suit, SCOTX has reversed a Dallas...
Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation identifying 18 agenda items for the upcoming Special Session that begins at 12:00 PM on Monday, July 21. "We delivered on historic legislation in the 89th Regular Legislative Session that will benefit Texans for...
Fort Worth Business Court Dismisses Some Claims Arising from LLC Company Agreement, Stays Others Pending Arbitration
Taking up a case arising out of the Business Organizations Code, the Fort Worth [Eighth Division] of the business court has applied Rule 91a to dispose of some claims and stayed the litigation pending arbitration over the plaintiff’s status as a member of the LLC....
SCOTX Orders Nuisance Claims Against Transmission and Distribution Utilities Dismissed in Winter Storm Uri Litigation
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal with prejudice of thousands of nuisance claims against electric transmission and distribution utilities in a massive $10 billion lawsuit arising from Winter Storm Uri. The last defendants left standing in this case—the...
SCOTX Affirms Dallas Court of Appeals Opinion Allowing Pilot Union Lawsuit Against Boeing to Go Forward in State Court
The Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a Dallas Court of Appeals’ decision holding that the federal Railway Labor Act (RLA)(45 USC § 151a) does not pre-empt a pilots association’s suit against Boeing in a dispute over the pilots’ agreement to fly the 737 MAX aircraft....
SCOTX Mandamuses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals to Consider Whether Judgment Debtor Posted Adequate Alternative Security
In a per curiam opinion, SCOTX sent the matter back to the court of appeals. Issue one was the dispute over ex-husband’s net worth. After detailing the applicable statutes (§§ 52.006, .007) and TRAP 24.1 and 24.2, the Court noted that the parties agreed that the trial...
SCOTX Reverses Plainly Erroneous El Paso Court of Appeals Decision in Commercial Trucking Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a divided El Paso Court of Appeals’ ruling that a plaintiff in a commercial trucking case presented more than a scintilla of evidence to overcome defendants’ no-evidence summary judgment motion where plaintiff didn’t have any...
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