Supreme Court of Texas - February 2009 Opinion Summaries

In re Jindal Saw Ltd.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful death action, lower court ruling is reversed where an arbitration agreement between a decedent and his employer requires the employee's...

Retamco Operating, Inc. v. Republic Drilling Co.

Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
In a dispute over jurisdiction involving an out-of-state company accused of violating the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA) by acting as the...

TXI Operations, L.P. v. Perry

Injury & Tort Law
In a premises liability action, duty to warn invitees is not fulfilled by a posted speed limit sign that failed to inform of a road hazard generally...

In re Coppock

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Habeas Corpus
In a contempt action which ex-wife violated divorce decree enjoining "coarse or offensive" communications with ex-husband, petition for writ of habeas...

Old Farms Owners Assoc., Inc. v. Houston Indep. School Dist.

Tax Law
In a tax delinquency suit, appellate court decision finding the Taxing Units delivered the 1997 tax statement to the Trust and that the Taxing Units...

In re Labatt Food Serv., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, grant of employer's petition for writ of mandamus is conditionally granted where: 1) if decedent-employee had sued...

Pine Oak Builders, Inc. v. Great American Lloyd's Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In case against defendant-insurers for not breach of insurers' defense obligations for not defending plaintiff-homebuilders in suits by homeowners,...