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Beaumont Court of Appeals Mandamuses Trial Court for Issuing Sanctions Order for Discovery Abuses Without a Determination of a TCPA Motion to Dismiss
In re Bruce L. Jamison (No. 09-21-00223-CV; October 24, 2024) arose from a nasty dispute associated with the involuntary windup of a luxury auto dealer in Montgomery...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Multi-Million Dollar Jury Verdict Because Plaintiff Violated Fair Notice Pleading Standard
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a nearly $2 million judgment, $380,000 of which consisted of punitive damages, against two executives of a credit card...
Last Chance to Register! TCJL CLE on AI and Annual Meeting Luncheon on November 7, 2024
TCJL Members & Friends: We have room for a few more at our CLE and Lunch program this Thursday. Thanks to our sponsors, there is no charge for this event. The...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Enforces Rule 11 Agreement That Modified a Prior Arbitration Agreement
Rotary Drillrigs International, S.A. DE C.V. v. Control Flow, Inc. (No. 14-23-00648-CV; August 13, 2024) arose from a contract dispute. Rotary Drillrigs sued Control...
SCOTX Holds Plaintiff Does Not Waive Right to Challenge Trial Court Order Striking Claims by Filing Amended Pleading
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Texarkana Court of Appeals decision holding that a plaintiff waived claims stricken by the trial court because her amended...
Transmission and Distribution Utilities Seek Mandamus from SCOTX in Winter Storm Uri Cases
The saga of the Winter Storm Uri litigation has once again come before the Texas Supreme Court, as the last defendants left standing in the case—the investor-owned...
SCOTX Grants Review of Case Involving Fatal Shooting at Dallas Home Depot
The Texas Supreme Court has granted review of a Dallas Court of Appeals decision in a case stemming from a fatal shooting at a Dallas-area Home Depot in 2018. The...
San Antonio Court of Appeals Reduces $4 Million Judgment in Breach of Contract Case to $1 Million, Remands $1.8 Million Attorney’s Fee Award
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has substantially reduced a multi-million judgment in a breach of contract case involving modification of a private aircraft. Gulf...
TCJL Files Brief in Long-Arm Jurisdiction Case Involving Austrian Manufacturer
Yesterday TCJL filed an amicus curiae brief with the Texas Supreme Court in support of an Austrian aircraft-engine manufacturer’s petition for review. The case,...
SCOTX Grants Review of Multi-Million Judgment Against Pipeline Company
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a pipeline company’s petition for review of a Houston [1st] Court of Appeals split decision affirming a $6.1 million judgment...
Special Court of Review Exonerates Harris County District Judge With 30 Mandamus Petitions for Failing to Rule on Motions
A special court of review consisting of three court of appeals justices who were defeated in the recent election has exonerated as Harris County district judge whom the State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded for willful and persistent conduct...
Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Rules That Trial Courts Have No Inherent Authority to Award Post-Arbitration Attorney’s Fees
The Houston [14th] Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court has no inherent authority to award post-arbitration attorney's fees to a claimant seeking to confirm an arbitration award. CPM of America, LLC v. Roberto Gonzalez (No. 14-23-00720-CV; October 31,...
SCOTX Holds That Homeowners Established Jurisdiction in Case Involving Irrigation District Effort to Collect Two-Decade-Old Assessments
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals decision upholding a trial court order dismissing homeowners' suit against an irrigation district for ultra vires actions under the Tax Code. In the case of Juana Herrera, Jose Lopez-Torres,...
SCOTX Mandamuses Trial Court Over Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Withdraw and Amend Requests for Admissions
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed the Dallas Court of Appeals’ denial of defendants’ petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court refused to permit them to amend their responses to requests for admissions. In re Euless Pizza LP; SF, GP,...
Dallas Court of Appeals Reverses Multimillion Contract Damages Award
The Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a multimillion dollar trial court judgment in a case involving an aborted sale of a Houston specialty grocery store. World Food Imports and KGF World Food Warehouse v. HHO United Group, as Assignee of Nihaya Qaddura and Sharid...
Legislation Filed to Overhaul Judicial Conduct Commission
Last session, the Legislature considered several proposals aimed at reforming the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, but nothing ultimately came of it. That could be a different story this session, however, as Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Sen. Royce West...
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