Rosenberg Development Corp. v. Imperial Performing Arts, Inc., No. 17-0660 (Tex. – March 9, 2019). The Texas Supreme Court holds Type -B EDCs are not entitled to governmental immunity in breach of contract cases. Rosenberg Development Corporation (RDC) is a Type
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Hillman v Nueces County, et al., 17-0588 (Tex. March 15, 2019) This is an employment related suit where the Texas Supreme Court held the County was immune from a suit brought by a former assistant district attorney Hillman, a former assistant
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Hays Street Bridge Restoration Group v City of San Antonio, 17-0423 (Tex. March 15, 2019) This is a breach of contract case where the Texas Supreme Court held the waiver of immunity found in TEX. LOC. GOV’T CODE §§ 271.151–.160 (as it
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City of Denton v Brian Rushing, et al, 17-0336 (Tex. March 15, 2019) This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract case. The Texas Supreme Court reversed the denial and dismissed
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Eddington v Dallas Police and Fire Penson Systems, et al., 17-0058, (Tex. March 8, 2019) This is a statutory construction case where the Texas Supreme Court held the City of Dallas’s amendment to its pension plan did not violate the Texas Constitution.
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State of Texas v Craig Doyal, PD-0254-18 (Tex. Crim. App. – February 27, 2019) In this criminal case, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held unconstitutional the provision of the Texas Open Meetings Act (“TOMA”) regarding circumventing the Act by meeting in
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La Joya Indep. School Dist. v. Alberto Trevino et al., 13-17-00333-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, February 14, 2019) This is a breach of contract case where the 13th Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the school district’s plea to the
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In Re: City of Dickinson, 17-0020 (Tex. February 15, 2019) This is a mandamus action of primary interest to litigators where the Texas Supreme Court held the attorney/client privilege protects expert testimony when the client is also the expert. The City
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Devlon Johnson v State of Texas, 14-18-00273-CR (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], February 5, 2019, no pet. h.) In this criminal case, the 14th Court of Appeals held facially unconstitutional a provision of the Texas Local Government Code regarding the amount
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Harris County, et al. v. Falcon Hunter, LLC, 14-18-00247-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], February 7, 2019). This is a delinquent tax case in which the taxpayer company, Falcon Hunter, LLC. (Falcon), sued for a refund of penalties and interest
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