Supreme Court of Texas - May 2005 Opinion Summaries

In Re Ford Motor Co.

Injury and Tort Law, Civil Procedure

In Re Gawerc

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus

In Re Nexion Health

Health Law, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Frost Nat'l Bank v. L & F Distrib.

Contracts

Michiana Easy Livin' Country, Inc. v. Holten

Civil Procedure
A suit cannot be brought in Texas based on a nonresident's alleged misrepresentations in a telephone call with a Texas resident.

Matagorda County Appraisal Dist. v. Coastal Liquids Partners

Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Salt dome caverns created to store liquid hydrocarbons may be appraised and taxed separately from the surface land above them.

Powell v. Hon. Judge Earl Stover

Family Law
In a child-custody case, Texas is not the child's "home state" since he lived in Tennessee with his parents for at least six consecutive months...

Van Indep. Sch. Dist. v. McCarty

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, plaintiff-employee's claim should have been dismissed since he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies.

Browning v. Prostok

Bankruptcy Law
Plaintiffs' claim that defendant intentionally undervalued the debtor during bankruptcy proceedings cannot be maintained in state court years after...

Romero v. KPH Consolidation, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action against a hospital, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is reversed where it was error to allow the jury to consider alleged...