With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued five opinions — four of which relate to the long-running dispute over the Kenedy ranching fortune.
I’ll […]
Forum-selection clause in favor of foreign parent company; SCOTX formally accepts Ninth Circuit’s certified question [orders of Apr. 16, 2010]
April 16th, 2010 · Comments Off on Forum-selection clause in favor of foreign parent company; SCOTX formally accepts Ninth Circuit’s certified question [orders of Apr. 16, 2010]
Tags: Order Lists
Lehrmann wins close primary runoff
April 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on Lehrmann wins close primary runoff
The turnout for the runoff in the 2010 Texas Republican primary was 2.55% of registered Texas voters. So it’s no surprise that the Secretary […]
Tags: Elections
SCOTX Place 3 primary runoff tomorrow
April 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on SCOTX Place 3 primary runoff tomorrow
Tomorrow is the primary runoff day in Texas, and the only statewide race on either party’s ballot is the contest between former Representative Rick Green […]
Tags: Elections
Ninth Circuit certifies a question about Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Yesterday, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit certified a question of Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court. If the Texas […]
Tags: Case Notes
Rehearing granted in the Marks hospital-bed case
April 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Rehearing granted in the Marks hospital-bed case
In its big orders list last August, the Texas Supreme Court decided Marks v. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, No. 07-0783 (docket and briefs) a case […]
Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists
*Zinc Nacional*: The minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction must also be relevant to the tort
April 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on *Zinc Nacional*: The minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction must also be relevant to the tort
Zinc Nacional, S.A. v. Bouché Trucking, Inc., No. 09-0734 (per curiam) (docket and briefs)
This case turned on a subtle but important distinction in personal jurisdiction.
Here, […]
Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists
Seven new cases granted [orders of April 9, 2010]
April 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Seven new cases granted [orders of April 9, 2010]
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one merits decision and granted rehearing in the most divided case from last term, the Marks […]
Tags: Order Lists
Texas Supreme Court upholds liability against a bar that did not stop a brewing fight [orders of Apr. 2, 2010]
April 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court upholds liability against a bar that did not stop a brewing fight [orders of Apr. 2, 2010]
Del Lago Partners, Inc. and Del Lago Partners, L.P., d/b/a Del Lago Golf Resort & Conference Center, and BMC-The Benchmark Management Co. v. Bradley Smith, […]
Tags: Order Lists
