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  • Cody Texas v. BPL Exploration

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Watkins
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    Case Number: 04-17-00810-CV

    This case arose from the conveyance of mineral interests between appellant Cody and two non-parties, Choctaw and Queen Sand Resources.

  • Diocese of Lubbock v. Guerrero

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Privacy
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Quinn
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    Case Number: 07-19-00280-CV

    Appellee sued appellant diocese for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress after appellant published a list entitled "names of all clergy with a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor" which list included appellee's name.

  • Duncan v. Hindy

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
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    Case Number: 11-17-00283-CV

    In this complex business dispute, which concerned a large financial investment in oil and gas properties as well as multiple written agreements and extensive litigation, the trial court eventually granted summary judgment in favor of appellees on all of appellants' claims.

  • Webb v. Crawley

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Horton
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    Case Number: 09-17-00498-CV

    Appellee's law firm represented appellant in a divorce and used a non-employee attorney to do most of the legal work on the case.

  • Ex Parte Garcia Escontrias

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
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    Case Number: 08-18-00203-CR

    Appellant challenged the trial court's denial of his application for habeas relief, alleging that his over twenty-year-old guilty plea to a felony charge of possessing marijuana was involuntarily made because he was not properly admonished about possible immigration consequences of a plea of guilt.

  • In re JO

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Martinez
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    Case Number: 04-19-00381-CV

    The adoptive mother of J.O.'s half-brother, Langford, challenged the trial court's termination order, and argued that the relief the associate judge ordered (1) did not comport with the pleadings and was void insofar as it ordered the Department of Family Protective Services to proceed with permanency of J.O. with another foster family, the Rodriguezes, and ordered the department to process J.O.'s adoption by the Rodriguezes' because the relief was not pled or tried by consent; (2) improperly limited the department's managing conserva

  • Summit Global v. Enbridge Energy

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bourliot
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    Case Number: 14-18-00052-CV

    Appellant Summit Global Contractors and appellees, the Enbridge parties, entered into two contracts to fabricate pipes called spools for an oil and gas project.

  • Roddy v. Holly Lake Ranch

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Fee Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hoyle
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    Case Number: 12-18-00261-CV

    Appellee Holly Lake Ranch Association sought declaratory judgment that amendments to void deed restrictions made between 2014 and 2017 by property owners in multiple subdivisions.

  • Energy Search v. RLI Insurance

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Insurance Litigation
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
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    Case Number: 14-18-00747-CV

    Appellants brought this restricted appeal from a no-answer default judgment entered against them.

  • In the Interest of SJH

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Native American Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 08-19-00182-CV

    In this parental rights termination case, the father, who claimed Indian ancestry through three tribes, voluntarily relinquished his parental rights to S.J.H. Mother, who did not claim Indian ancestry, had her parental rights to S.J.H. involuntarily terminated by the trial court.