• Atmos Energy Corp. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

    Publication Date: 2011-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2011-11-18
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice Wainwright
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    Case Number: NO. 10-0375

    Argued September 15, 2011In 2003, the Texas Legislature amended the Gas Utility Regulatory Act (GURA) to allow gas utilities (Utilities) an opportunity to recover capital investments in Te

  • City of Houston v. Trail Enterprises, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-02
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-30
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 08-0413

    In this inverse condemnation case, we consider whether the court of appeals erred by rendering a money judgment against the City of Houston on mineral interest owners' regulatory takings claims. We ho

  • Travis Central Appraisal District v. Dianeleenorman

    Publication Date: 2011-05-01
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    Date Filed: 2011-04-29
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: David M. Medina Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 09-0100

    Argued December 16, 2009JUSTICE MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court. The Texas Anti-Retaliation Law, found in Chapter 451 of the Texas Labor Code, prohibits a person from discharg

  • Felton v. Lovett

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Date Filed: 2012-11-30
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Nathan L. Hecht Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 11-0252

    Argued September 13, 2012 JUSTICE HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court. J USTICE JOHNSON did not participate in the decision. Health care must be based on a patient's inform

  • Patel v. City of Everman

    Publication Date: 2012-02-01
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    Date Filed: 2012-01-27
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: NO. 09-0506

     A property owner appealed an administrative determination that his property was a nuisance, and he also asserted a takings claim. He then nonsuited the case. He later f

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  • Merck & Co. Inc. v. Garza

    Publication Date: 2011-08-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-08-26
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Nathan L. Hecht Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 09-0073

    Argued January 20, 2010JUSTICE HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court.JUSTICE WILLETT and JUSTICE GUZMAN did not participate in the decision.Respondents contend that Vioxx, a presc

  • In Re Commitment of Seth Hill,

    Publication Date: 2011-03-13
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    Date Filed: 2011-03-11
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: NO. 10-0280

    A party selecting jurors for trial must be given latitude to intelligently use its peremptory challenges to seat a jury that, to the greatest extent possible, is free from bias. Here, because the t

  • Wagner & Brown, LTd. v. Horwood

    Publication Date: 2001-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-30
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice O'Neill
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    Case Number: 00-0041

    On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of TexasArgued on March 21, 2001In this case, we must decide whether the discovery rule applies to oil and gas royalty ow

  • Sweed v. Nye

    Publication Date: 2010-10-25
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-22
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 09-0465

    Five and a half months after the trial court dismissed his case, James Lee Sweed filed a notice of appeal that did not contain all the information required for a notice of restricted appeal. A mont

  • In the Interest of C.H.C.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-28
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: NO. 09-0480

    When a pro se party seeks to appeal a trial court's decision and properly files a sufficient and unchallenged affidavit establishing indigency and requesting a free record on appeal, the Texas Rule