Supreme Court of Texas - March 2002 Opinion Summaries

MONSANTO CO. v. BOUSTANY

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The sale of plaintiff's subsidiary company resulted in a "Termination of Employment" of the sub's employees within the meaning of the employee...

S.W. ELEC. POWER CO. v. GRANT

Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) does not apply to a public utility's tariff provision limiting liability for personal injury resulting from the...

CITY OF AUSTIN v. TRAVIS COUNTY LANDFILL CO., L.L.C.

Property Law & Real Estate
Because the landowner's evidence did not meet the standard that the aircraft overflight effects impacted the land directly, immediately, and...

TEXAS STATE BANK v. AMARO

Probate, Trusts & Estates
The district court had continuing jurisdiction over the trust, under Property Code section 142.005, but the judgment exceeded the relief plaintiff's...

JOHNSON v. BREWER & PRITCHARD, P.C.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In this suit brought by a law firm against its former associate and another lawyer with whom that associate formed a partnership, the Court held that...