• In re United Services Automobile Association

    Publication Date: 2010-03-31
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-26
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Wallace B. Jefferson Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 07-0871

    ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUSArgued December 9, 2008JUSTICE JOHNSON did not participate in the decision.Texas has some 3,241 trial courts*fn1 within its 2

  • FKM Partnership, Ltd. v. Board of Regents of the University of Houston System

    Publication Date: 2008-06-09
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-06
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Phil Johnson Justice
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    Case Number: 05-0661

    Argued March 21, 2007JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFERSON, JUSTICE HECHT, JUSTICE O'NEILL, JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT, JUSTICE BRISTER, JUSTICE MEDINA, and J

  • In re Labatt Food Service, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-17
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-13
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice Johnson
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    Case Number: 07-0419

    ONPETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUSArgued September 9, 2008Under Texas law, wrongful death beneficiaries are generally bound by a decedent's pre-death contractual agreement because of the derivative

  • Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's Office

    Publication Date: 2008-05-19
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-16
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Harriet O'Neill Justice
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    Case Number: 06-0917

    JUSTICE O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFERSON, JUSTICE HECHT, JUSTICE BRISTER, and JUSTICE MEDINA joined.JUSTICE GREEN filed a dissenting opinion, in which JU

  • In Re: Nestle USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
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    Date Filed: 2012-10-19
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Nathan L. Hecht Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 12-0518

    ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUSArgued September 18, 2012JU HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by C HIEF JU JEFFERSON, J U MEDINA, JU GREEN, JU

  • Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers

    Publication Date: 2009-04-07
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-03
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Paul W. Green Justice
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    Case Number: 05-0272

    Argued October 16, 2008JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT and JUSTICE BRISTER joined, and in Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII and IX of which JUSTICE HEC