The Dallas Bar Appellate Law Section will be having its June meeting on Thursday, June 22nd, at noon at the Belo Mansion. Leane Medford of Polsinelli Shughart, P.C. will be speaking on the topic of E-Briefs and E-Records in the
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Post-judgment injunction upheld
Appellate Rule 24.4(a) sets out the matters that an appellate court may review with respect to posting of supersedeas. Review of a post-judgment injunction order under Rule 24.2(d) is not among those items. Appellant Hydroscience Technologies, Inc. obtained review of…
Appellate Trends
Kirk Pittard of Kelly Durham & Pittard, LLP will be speaking on “Trends in Rulings by the Texas Courts of Appeals” at the May meeting of the Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section. The meeting will be at noon…
Is a Judgment Included in a Net Worth Calculation?
The El Paso Court of Appeals has become the most recent appellate court to weigh in on the issue of whether the judgment that is being appealed should be included on a balance sheet insofar as determining an appellant’s net worth…
Attorneys’ fees must be reasonable under Rule 1.04
By Byron Henry
The Dallas Court of Appeals recently decided an interesting issue involving whether evidence that attorney’s fees are reasonable under the Arthur Anderson v. Perry factors is required in a breach of contract case between attorney and former client. Here, a law…
Spring Appellate CLE Opportunities
There are a couple of Appellate Continuing Legal Education opportunities on the horizon that I will call out for you. First, on May 31st and June 1st, the 22nd Annual UT Conference on State and Federal Appeals will be held…
Offer of Settlement: No extension of deadlines to respond
The Tyler Court of Appeals has held that a trial court has no authority to extend the deadline for a party to respond to an offer of settlement made under Texas Civil Procedure Rule 167. In In re Complete…
Mandamus is Proper When Leave Denied to Join Responsible Third Parties
By Byron Henry
The Dallas Court of Appeals recently weighed in (again?) on whether a trial court’s erroneous ruling regarding designation of a responsible third party is subject to mandamus. In this case, the trial court denied relator’s motion to designate a responsible…
Mandamus for Discovery of Personal Computer Hard Drive
The Dallas Court of Appeals granted a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court ordered production of a personal computer hard drive and e-mail account. Misty Jordan sued Gajekse, Inc. alleging that she was…
Net Worth and Supersedeas
“supersedeas” “net worth” “abuse of discretion”…