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Austin Business Court Denies Antitrust Case Defendants’ Attempt to Shield Customer List from Discovery
The Austin Business Court (Third Division) has denied a motion to reconsider its prior ruling allowing Plaintiff in an antitrust suit to obtain discovery of a...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Chastises Hidalgo County JP, County Courts for Exceeding Their Jurisdiction by Resolving Title to Real Property
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has reversed a Hidalgo County court’s decision granting a party possession and ownership of commercial property and dismissed the...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Rules Highway Contractor Immunity Doesn’t Apply to Accident That Occurred During Construction
In a negligence suit involving the immunity of highway construction contractors employed by TxDOT, the 14th Court of Appeals has ruled that the ultimate...
Tyler Court of Appeals Denies Mandamus Relief in Discovery Dispute in Chapter 74 Health Care Liability Case
In re: Regency HIS of Longview, LLC d/b/a Longview Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (No. 12-25-00082-CV; July 31, 2025) arose from a Chapter 74 health care...
For Second Time in Two Weeks, Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Mandamuses Hidalgo County Court for Ignorning the Law in a Windstorm Case
For the second time in just two weeks, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has chastised a Hidalgo County Court judge to follow the law in a windstorm case. In re...
Eastland Court of Appeals Rejects Bad Faith, DTPA Claims in Case Arising from Comprehensive Settlement Agreement under the pre-1989 Workers’ Compensation Statute
The Eastland Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a workers’ compensation carrier for bad faith and DTPA violations arising out of a dispute over the...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Forced to Mandamus Hidalgo County Court Not Once But Twice in Hailstorm Case
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has for the second time conditionally granted an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus for a Hidalgo County trial court’s abuse...
Dallas Business Court Dismisses Blackstone from Primexx Case
In the fourth installment of a massive lawsuit involving a dispute between majority and minority owners of horizontal drilling interests in the Permian Basin, the...
Dallas Court of Appeals Overturns TC Order Denying Special Appearance of Iowa Feed Manufacturer
Applying the recent SCOTX decision in BRP-Rotax, the Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying the special appearance of an Iowa manufacturer...
San Antonio Court of Appeals, Citing Die Hard, Upholds $1 Million Judgment in Aircraft Leasing Dispute
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has largely upheld a $1 million judgment in favor of the lessor of an upscale commercial aircraft in a contract dispute arising from...
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,...
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 advisors, alleging individual harm from the advisors’ corporate mismanagement. The court concluded that the...
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 consultant and various investment funds. Sheldon Stein v. Beneficient f/k/a The Beneficient Company Group,...
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