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SCOTX Rules for Surface Owner in Dispute with Salt Mining Company Over Ownership and Use of Underground Salt Caverns
The Texas Supreme Court, largely siding with the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, has held that a 1947 conveyance of oil, gas, and other minerals did not transfer to...
Justices Sullivan, Busby Woodshed Parties Who File Petitions for Review, Settle, and Request Vacatur of Intermediate Appellate Court Opinions in Their Cases
In a concurring opinion to one of four cases in which settling parties asked the Texas Supreme Court to vacate appellate decisions by the Dallas, Corpus Christi,...
Austin Court of Appeals Affirms TC Denial of City’s Plea to the Jurisdiction in Dog-Bite Case
The Austin Court of Appeals has allowed a suit filed by a visitor to the city’s pet adoption center who was attacked and bitten by a dog on display at an adoption...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 5-16-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.15.25 May 15, 2025 Quick Highlights • Nuclear Verdicts: SB 30 substitute expected from House JCJ shortly. SB 30 passed the Senate on...
SCOTX Reverses Houston [14th] Court of Appeals Decision That Defendant Had Actual Notice of Judgment by Virtue of an Unopened Email
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Houston [14th] Court of Appeals decision holding that a defendant who received notice of judgment by email, when the former...
Business Court Clean-up Passes House (HB 40)
An apparently agreed version of the business court clean-up legislation, HB 40, has passed the House. The Senate version, SB 2883, has already been heard in Senate...
SCOTX Recognizes Public-Safety Officer’s Rule in Home Depot Shooting Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a Dallas Court of Appeals decision in a case stemming from a fatal shooting at a Dallas-area Home Depot in 2018. The facts...
SCOTX: TCPA Does Not Apply to Motions to Compel and for Sanctions
In an important decision for narrowing the scope of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Ch. 27, CPRC), the Texas Supreme Court has held that the TCPA does not...
Waco Court of Appeals Affirms Rule 91a Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Claims Against Insurer in Dispute Over Policy Proceeds
The Waco Court of Appeals has affirmed a Navarro County district court order dismissing claims against State Farm as without a basis in law and fact under Rule 91a,...
Corpus Christi Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Nursing Home’s Motion to Dismiss Chapter 74 Claim for Inadequate Expert Report
The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals has rejected a nursing home’s challenge to Plaintiff’s expert report on the basis that it did not attach the expert’s CV or...
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, new causes of action, new or expanded civil and administrative penalties, new criminal penalties, new...
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. Lippert Components, Inc. v. Quinton Williams (No. 01-22-00501-CV; May 1, 2025) arose from injuries allegedly...
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 disruption of the energy industry, the Dallas Court of Appeals has reversed a “nuclear” verdict against a...
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 upstream operators over a gas gathering agreement. In Targa Northern Delaware, LLC v. Franklin Mountain Energy...
Legislature Sends Low-THC Product Ban to Governor (SB 3)
In what may be the largest single expansion of criminal law into people’s private lives in our state’s history, Texas is about to embark on a project to eradicate the use of THC products, even those containing trace levels of cannabinoids other than cannabidiol or...
TCJL Bill Tracking Report 5-30-25
TCJL Tracked Bill List 5.29.25 May 29, 2025 Quick Highlights Offense bills supported Life of the Mother Pregnancy Complications SB 31 Sent to the Governor Proxy Advisor SB 2337 Conference Committee Reported, on way to Governor Produced Water HB 49 Produced Water...
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