Undefined “Windstorm” Unambiguously Includes Tornadoes in Texas Homeowners Policies Case: Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange v. Jeff Mankoff and Staci Mankoff Court: Supreme Court of Texas...
Enforcement Jurisdiction Persists Despite Overbroad Relief, but Home-Sale Proceeds May Be Set Off Only to Proven Chapter 9 Damages Introduction In Debbie Jo Morrison v. Rodney Wayne Morrison (Tex....
Whitney Certificates Prove Forwarding as Addressed, Not Statutory-Address Compliance, in Restricted-Appeal Review of Secretary-of-State Service I. Introduction In SHAMROCK ENTERPRISES, LLC D/B/A...
Appellate Courts Must Determine the Validity of a Disputed Settlement-Appellate Waiver Before Dismissing an Appeal Case: 1 Coventry Court, LLC v. The Downs of Hillcrest Residential Association, Inc....
Chapter 252 Procurement Suits: Jurisdictional Discovery Required When Contract Terms Could Require >$50,000 City Expenditures; Revenue Labels and “No Expenditure” Disclaimers Do Not Defeat the...
Rule 29.3 Stays Against the State: Appellate Courts Must Weigh Merits, Balance Harms, and Act Within a Reasonable Time 1. Introduction In re Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General is an...
Nonreceipt of Alternative-Service Citation Satisfies Craddock’s “No Conscious Indifference” Element Despite Knowledge of the Lawsuit I. Introduction JENNA TABAKMAN v. GARY TABAKMAN is a...
Rule 29.3 Stays Against the State: Appellate Courts Must Consider Likely Merits, Balance Harms, and Have Reasonable Time to Decide I. Introduction Case: In re Ken Paxton and the Office of the...
Craddock Relief When a Defendant Lacks Actual Notice After Alternative Service and Appears Before the Decree Is Signed Supreme Court of Texas (Per Curiam) — Default divorce; alternative service;...
Actual Receipt of Citation, Not Mere Knowledge of Suit: The Texas Supreme Court Recalibrates the Craddock Doctrine in Default Divorce Judgments I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Texas’s per curiam...
Evident Partiality in Contractual Appraisals: Duty to Disclose Pre‑Appointment Case Communications by Prospective Neutral Appraisers I. Introduction In Kevin Burke, et al. v. Houston PT BAC Office...
Huynh v. Blanchard and the Limits of Shutdown Injunctions in Texas Nuisance Law I. Introduction This commentary analyzes Justice Rebeca Huddle’s concurring opinion in the Supreme Court of Texas’s...
No-Privity Requirement and Broad “Highway” Scope Under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 97.002 I. Case Overview and Context A. Parties and Procedural Posture The case Third Coast Services, LLC...
Actual Notice of Citation, Not Mere Knowledge of the Lawsuit, Governs Conscious Indifference Under Craddock After Alternative Service: A Commentary on Jenna Tabakman v. Gary Tabakman I. Introduction...
Distinguishing Knowledge of a Lawsuit from Notice of Citation: The Texas Supreme Court Recalibrates Craddock in Default Divorce Cases I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Texas’s per curiam opinion...
Shutdown as Last Resort: Narrowly Tailored Nuisance Injunctions and Deference to Texas Poultry‑Odor Regulation I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Texas’s decision in Steve Huynh, et al. v. Frank...
Limits on Former Judges as Expert Witnesses and the Rule 702 “Helpfulness” Requirement in Informal-Marriage Cases: Commentary on In re Estate of Guadalupe Lopez, Sr. I. Introduction The Supreme Court...
Huynh v. Blanchard and the New Limits on Shutdown Injunctions in Regulated Nuisance Cases Supreme Court of Texas, No. 21‑0676 Opinion filed June 7, 2024 (Justice Huddle, concurring in the judgment)...
No Railway Labor Act Preemption and Validity of Union Member Claim Assignments: Commentary on The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airlines Pilots Association I. Introduction In The Boeing Company v....
Beyond Reversal: The Texas Supreme Court Narrows the Redundant-Remedies Doctrine and Limits Agency Power to Create Judicial Review I. Introduction Reynaldo “Rey” Gonzalez, Jr., M.D., J.D. v. Texas...