Substantive Changes Coming to Courts of Appeals in Austin, Dallas & Houston

The unprecedented election last week of 20 Democratic candidates to seats on the state courts of appeals in Austin, Dallas and Houston is likely to have an almost immediate and substantive impact on civil litigation in Texas.

Legal experts say that this week’s “blue wave” that shifted control of those intermediary courts from Republicans to Democrats will undoubtedly lead to significant changes in how certain types of commercial and business cases are decided in the three busiest and highest profile jurisdictions in the state.