Legal scholars continue to explore the frontier of constitutional interpretation, with recent books by Ilan Wurman (The Second Founding; A Debt Against the Living), Kurt Lash (The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship; The Reconstruction Amendments), Randy Barnett (The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; Our Republican Constitution), and many others.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed a ruling in favor of BlueStone Natural Resources in a mineral dispute involving a “frequently litigated issue: whether and to what extent a royalty interest bears a proportionate share of postproduction costs.”
AUSTIN - A Houston attorney is asking the Texas Supreme Court to “condemn” the asserted “political statements” the Second Court of Appeals made in its opinion concerning ExxonMobil’s climate change case.
As we reported nearly three months ago, the First Court of Appeals [Houston] handed down a decision in a coverage dispute between an additional insured and CGL carriers that flatly contravenes recent SCOTX precedent.
HOUSTON - Today, the First Court of Appeals affirmed a no damages award in a lawsuit brought against Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance over underinsured motorist benefits.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals today wiped a $1.6 million verdict in favor of Alpha Hunter Drilling, rendering a take-nothing judgment in its suit against the White Star Pump Company.
BEAUMONT - The Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a verdict of more than $841,000 in damages against Schindler Elevator in a personal injury lawsuit.
BEAUMONT – Today, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment win in favor of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast in a lawsuit alleging a patient was burned by hot coffee.
BEAUMONT – For a decade now, litigation brought by James Matthews, a Beaumont firefighter who was suspended indefinitely by the city after allegedly attacking and detaining an intoxicated driver, has bounced between venues.
HOUSTON – Today, the 14th Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s judgment in favor of attorney George Fleming and Fleming & Associates, remanding the case for further proceedings.
Loudoun County, Virginia, an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C., represents the contentious zeitgeist bedeviling the body politic. As I reported elsewhere last year, the Loudoun County school board has become ground zero in an escalating culture war in which concerned parents oppose leftist indoctrination posing as curriculum.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently affirmed a summary judgment win in favor of the city of Houston in litigation brought over an auto collision involving a HPD SUV.
AUSTIN – Put simply, two trade associations are arguing that the Texas government can’t tell Twitter and YouTube what videos to post or Facebook and Google what content to favor.
HOUSTON – A filing error has led to no benefits for a man who suffered a heart attack while training to be a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy, according to an opinion issued by the First Court of Appeals today.
