Supreme Court of Texas - May 2001 Opinion Summaries

SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. v. DAVID MCDAVID NISSAN, INC.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
A trial court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Texas Motor Vehicle Board's jurisdiction over cases involving the Texas Motor Vehicle Commission...

CITY OF HARLINGEN v. THE ESTAE OF DAVID J. SHARBONEAU

Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In public taking cases, subdivision development analysis to determine a property's value is not admissible if it only determines what a developer...

ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. BONNER

Insurance Law
An insurance company that does not comply with claim acknowledgment requirements of Texas Insurance Code article 21.55, section 6 is not required to...

COASTAL LIQUIDS TRANSP., L.P. v. HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DIST.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Under Section 9.07(a) of the Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act, a company that fails to properly file as a foreign limited partnership lacks...

INTERSTATE NORTHBOROUGH P'SHIP, ET AL. v. STATE OF TEXAS

Property Law & Real Estate
In condemnation case, damages resulting from commercial property's increased proximity to a roadway with resulting loss of "curb appeal", green space...

AM. TRANSITIONAL CARE CTRS. OF TEXAS, INC. v. PALACIOS

Injury & Tort Law
Under section 13.01 of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act, the stanard for reviewing an expert report is abuse of discretion.

TEXAS DEP'T OF PUB. SAFETY v. BARLOW

Civil Procedure
Texas courts of appeal have jurisdiction over appeals from county courts at law over license suspension cases from a driver's refusal to submit to a...