In a closely watched case in which TCJL participated as an amicus, the Texas Supreme Court has held that an incentive compensation agreement between a Texas-based corporation and a senior executive can be enforced under Texas. Justice Paul Green delivered the opinion...
TCJL today filed an amicus brief with the Texas Supreme Court urging the Court to review the First District Court of Appeals’ (Houston) decision in Devon Energy Holdings, LLC f/k/a Chief Holdings, LLC, and Trevor D. Rees-Jones v. Allen. The case involves an...
This morning the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in U-Haul International, Inc. et al v. Waldrip (No. 10-0781). TCJL filed an amicus brief in support of U-Haul’s petition for review in this case. Our brief focused primarily on the insufficiency of the...
A county court-at-law judge in Lamar County has ruled that the developer of the Keystone XL Canadian pipeline project may exercise eminent domain authority to condemn farmland in the East Texas county. The Texas Railroad Commission previously approved Keystone’s...
On August 17, a general-purpose PAC named the “Judicial Fairness Fund” filed with the Texas Ethics Commission a declaration of intent to make political expenditures exceeding $5,000 in opposition to incumbent Justices David Puryear, Bob Pemberton and Jeff...
