A federal judge in Houston has refused to grant class action certification to a lawsuit claiming that hundreds of property owners between Dallas and Houston were contaminated by 200 miles of coaxial cable buried 70 years ago by AT&T.
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New Patent Lawsuits Continue to Decline in TX
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J. Cary Barton Receives Community Service Award from SABF
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