In the last two weeks, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled as follows in the 11 cases it decided:
Arbitration good?
The Supreme Court of Texas has made enforcing arbitration clauses super-easy. But what happens if the arbitration produces an outcome that may give the conservative Court pause — a $125 million award in favor of the claimant, for instance?
A case that the Court decided last week poses that lurking question. And regrettably their honors answered the
When Blawgletter last reported a few weeks ago on the Supreme Court of Texas, we didn't think the Court could top its record of ruling against each and every plaintiff unanimously.
We feel dumb today.
The court issued five opinions, with no dissents, in which their honors ruled for the defendants without exception.
In only
The Supreme Court of Texas held last week that the courts below shouldn't have refused to certify a "takings" case as a class action on the ground that the class representatives couldn't adequately represent the interests of all class members. Riemer v. Patterson, No. 11-0548 (Tex. Feb. 22, 2013).
That doesn't amount to saying
The Supreme Court of the Lone Star State doesn't often make rulings that favor class action treatment of claims. But last week it did.
The case arose in Williamson County — home of a District Attorney who fought DNA testing for an innocent man who spent 25 years in prison for killing his wife. The
Big Oil v. Royalty Owners
Who said Big Oil can't beat Texas royalty owners?
Not Blawgletter. And definitely not the Supreme Court of the Lone Star State.
Royalty owners typically become that by granting your ExxonMobils, your Conocos, your BPs, and the like the right to drill for oil and gas. The lease contract calls
People outside of Texas sometimes ask if you own an oil well — or raise cattle or wear boots and a Stetson or really want to secede – right after they learn you live in any of the 254 counties that comprise the Lone Star State. You'd expect that sort of thing from outlanders. We've done such
Scene: A cafe in Uptown Dallas. Noonish. Sunlight streams through half-open vertical blinds. The beams hurt your eyes. Or they would if you hadn't left as soon as Bitey started talking about the Italian Cowboy case.
Bitey: Just think, Snappy, the Supreme Court of Texas just ruled for plaintiffs last week! Shazaam!
Snappy: Imagine my surprise.
Bitey: A landlord told a