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SCOTX Grants Review of Beaumont Court of Appeals Decision (Mis)Applying Express Negligence Rule
In a case in which TCJL is likely to submit some of amicus commentary, the Texas Supreme Court has granted a contractor’s petition for review arguing that the...
SCOTX Grants Review in Challenge to Comptroller’s Single-Factor Apportionment Rule
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a taxpayer’s petition for review of an Austin Court of Appeals that upheld a Comptroller rule that governs sourcing of a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Order Determining That New York Law Applies to Property Damage Claim, Eliminating Extracontractual Causes of Action and Attorney’s Fees
In a decision that substantially reduced a plaintiff’s damages claim, the Dallas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court order applying New York law to an Illinois insured’s property damage claim stemming from a 2019 tornado. Transform HoldCo LLC v. Starr...
Dallas Business Court Tosses Minority Owners’ Challenge to Majority Owner’s Exercise of Drag-Along Sale Rights
In a massive three-part opinion, the Dallas Business Court [First Division] has ruled that a majority owner’s exercise of drag-along sale rights conferred under the partnership agreement met both the requirements of the contract and the minimum statutory requirements...
Fort Worth Court of Appeals Affirms Temporary Injunction for Breach of Non-Compete Agreement
In an instructive opinion on the contours of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 683, which governs temporary injunctions, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court’s grant of a temporary injunction to stop former employees of a real estate investment company...
SCOTX Responds to Certified Question in Religious Freedom Case
In a case we first reported last September, the Texas Supreme Court has answered a certified question from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling for an interpretation of Article I, § 6-a, Texas Constitution, the “religious-service-protections” clause. Gary...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Setting Aside Default Judgment
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court order setting aside a default judgment where the party against whom the judgment was taken simply didn’t follow the rules. In re Dannie Smith (No. 01-24-01004-CV; May 20, 2025) arose from a 2024 lawsuit in...
Beaumont Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Dispute Between Texas Factoring Company and Florida Construction Company
The Beaumont Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court order denying a Florida-based storage facility construction company’s special appearance in a suit alleging that it breached a contract and committed fraud in Texas. Storage Building Company, LLC v. New Century...
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