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  • Ex parte KT

    Publication Date: 2022-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Young
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    Case Number: 20-0977

    The Texas Supreme Court took a consolidated case involving two unrelated respondents acquitted of driving while intoxicated who sought expunction of the records relating to their arrests.

  • Elephant Insurance v. Kenyon

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Law | Wrongful Death
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 20-0366

    An insurance company, that was sued by the estate of a man killed while taking pictures of a single car accident, successfully proved on appeal that it was not liable for the incident.

  • Nettye v. BlueStone

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 20-0639

    A natural resource company, that paid noninterest royalties to an owner based upon the deed language, successfully proved on appeal why that was correct.

  • In re Christianson Air

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Discovery
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 20-0384

    In a suit involving water leaks from plastic pipes, the parties failed to agree on the scope of two corporate representative depositions and the trial court granted a motion to compel the depositions on a list of thirty topics proposed by the plaintiffs.

  • In the Interest of DT

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 20-0055

    In this government-initiated suit to terminate parental rights, the court was tasked with determining whether parents in such suits who retain counsel of their own choosing, as opposed to being appointed counsel, may challenge their counsel's performance by asserting an ineffective-assistance claim.

  • Amazoncom v. McMillan

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Products Liability
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 20-0979

    An online marketplace, that sells products manufactured and owned by third parties, cannot be considered a seller under Texas law.

  • In the Interest of JJRS

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 20-0175

    Police responded to an incident at a motel involving mother, a prostitute, a client, and mother's boyfriend, and they found mother's children in an adjacent room as well as three bags of methamphetamine and other drugs and paraphernalia.

  • In Re KL Auto

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
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    Case Number: 19-1022

    Defendants in this personal injury suit argued that the trial court abused its discretion by quashing their discovery requests, including those for information regarding the plaintiff's medical providers' negotiated rates and costs, and by denying their motion for reconsideration.

  • In Re USAA General Indemnity

    Publication Date: 2021-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Guzman
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    Case Number: 20-0075

    The insurer declined to participate in a jury trial to establish a motorist's liability and demanded a separate trial on its liability under an underinsured motorist policy.

  • House Canary v. Title Source

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Intellectual Property
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 19-0673

    A residential value technology company, that won a trade secrets suit at trial and sought to seal the trial court exhibits, was unable to prove that it should have the exhibits sealed.