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SCOTX Affirms Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Decision Compelling Arbitration in Personal Injury Suit Against Trampoline Park
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision that reversed a trial court order denying a trampoline park’s motion to compel...
The Texas Supreme Court Rules that 2003 Interlocutory Appeal Authority for Venue Determinations in Multiple-Plaintiff Cases Does Not Automatically Grant Appellate Jurisdiction
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision (and eleven other court of appeals to go with it) that a 2003 amendment to the venue statutes...
15th Court of Appeals Files Revised Opinion in TCEQ Permitting Case (Worth Reading!)
The 15th Court of Appeals has withdrawn an opinion handed down in February in a TCEQ permitting case involving a terminal facility in Calhoun County. The court,...
TCJL Tracking Report 6-5-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 6-5-25 QUICK HIGHLIGHTS Sunday, June 22: last day the governor can sign or veto bills. Offense bills supported Life of the Mother Pregnancy...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reverses TC Order Denying Chapter 74 Motion to Dismiss Derivative Claims Pleaded After Expiration of Expert Report Deadline
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has reversed a Bexar County district court denial of health care providers’ Chapter 74 motion to dismiss for failure to timely serve...
Austin Court of Appeals Splits in Breach of Contract Case Raising Questions Regarding Contract Interpretation, Appellate Procedure
A divided Austin Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment in a breach of contract case that the dissent argues raises significant contract interpretation and...
89th Legislature Jumps the Shark on New Causes of Action, Penalties
When we last reported on this subject right after the March 21 filing deadline, we were staggered by the sheer number of bills creating new or expanded legal duties,...
Houston [1st] Court of Appeals Reverses $1.5 Million Judgment Against Manufacturer
The Houston [1st] Court of Appeals has reversed a significant judgment against a manufacturer in a personal injury case against the manufacturer’s subsidiary....
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses $37 Million Judgment in Contract Dispute Involving Transportation and Delivery of Oil to Port of Corpus Christi
In a case that combines the interplay of related transportation and terminal agreements executed in the days leading up to the COVID shutdown and consequent...
Dallas Business Court [First District] Finds Jurisdiction in Dispute Over Gas Gathering Contract Involving New Mexico Interests
Continuing our tour of early business court opinions, we turn to a dispute before the Dallas business court [First Division] between a midstream pipeline and...
Sponsor the TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 2025
TCJL 39th Annual Meeting & CLE on November 5, 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 15th Court of Appeals and Business...
SCOTX Grants Review in Case Involving Constitutionality of Chapter 380 Economic Development Grant
The Texas Supreme has granted a financial institution’s petition for review of a Waco Court of Appeals decision upholding the termination of a Chapter 380 economic development agreement. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. City of Corsicana and Navarro County (No. 24-0102;...
Justice Young Invites Reconsideration of SCOTX’s Interpretation of Tort Claims Act Jurisdictional Notice Requirement
In an opinion concurring with the Texas Supreme Court’s denial of a petition for review, Justice Evan Young and three of his colleagues have called for a reconsideration of the Court’s jurisprudence around § 101.101, CPRC (Tort Claims Act). That section requires a...
HB 3441 (Vaccine Advertising Ban) Faces Long Constitutional Odds Under SCOTUS First Amendment Jurisprudence
As we reported numerous times this session, legislation was proposed and ultimately enacted imposing civil liability on a vaccine manufacturer for advertising a vaccine if the advertised vaccine “causes harm or injury to the individual.” HB 3441 directs a court to...
SCOTX: Chapter 21, Labor Code, Exclusive Remedy Does Not Extend to Tort Suits Against Other Employees
The Texas Supreme Court has responded to a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals certified question arising from an employee’s lawsuit against SMU University and other university employees alleging both statutory discrimination and common-law tort claims. In Cheryl...
Be Patient With Us: SCOTX Opinions Coming Fast and Furious
As you know, we are nearing the end of the Texas Supreme Court’s term, and the Court is cranking out numerous opinions on important matters each Friday. While we are getting to these cases pretty much as they are released, we try to limit our posts to one case a day....
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