Texas Supreme Court Rules for Private Beachfront Property Owners
Justices say public beaches may become private when a hurricane alters the coast line.
Greg Abbott’s Fingerprints All Over Healthcare Law National Challenge
Texas Attorney General played pivotal role in shaping SCOTUS legal arguments.
Fifth Circuit: Inherited IRAs Protected in Bankruptcy
Case of first impression expected to have widespread impact.
Supreme Court Says Pipeline Companies Must Prove Status to Tap Eminent Domain
Refusal to rehear case likely means more court disputes with landowners
Texas Supreme Court Shoots Down Challenge to Business Tax
Justices unanimously rejected Nestle's argument that tax treats businesses unequally and uniformly.
U-Haul Case Could Redefine Gross Negligence
Texas Supreme Court reviews $45 million Dallas jury award to a man crushed when a parking brake failed on a U-Haul truck.
Texas Businesses Again Challenge Texas Supreme Court on Franchise Tax
Nestle says the tax fails to treat businesses equally and uniformly and wants the Legislature to start over.
Texas Supreme Court Tackles Major Land Condemnation Dispute
Case is being closely watched by utilities, pipeline companies and property rights advocates.
Texas AG and Johnson & Johnson Battle in Opening Statements
In opening statements today in the state’s $1 billion false drug marketing case against Johnson & Johnson, a lawyer for the company said he will present “real world” evidence that the antipsychotic Risperdal was widely used by medical professionals on adults and children because it works better than competing products.
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Limited Partnership Tax
The Texas Supreme Court ruled today that the franchise tax applied to limited partnerships is constitutional and is not a personal income tax.