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Texas Civil Procedure professional-liability

Texas Court of Appeals, Thirteenth District (Corpus Christi–Edinburg)

Melden & Hunt v. Cantu — Citing the Certificate-of-Merit Statute and Promising a Future Affidavit Does Not Satisfy Texas’s Contemporaneous-Filing Requirement

/ June 8, 2026

The Thirteenth Court of Appeals held that an original petition that cites Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 150.002(c) and promises a forthcoming certificate of merit does not substantially comply with the contemporaneous-filing requirement for professional-negligence claims against engineers, requiring reversal and remand for a determination on prejudice.

Texas anti-slapp defamation Employment

Texas Court of Appeals, Thirteenth District (Corpus Christi–Edinburg)

Baseline Energy Services v. Martin — TCPA Requires Dismissal of Libel Claim Based on TWC Statements When Employee Presents No Evidence in Response

/ June 8, 2026

The Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed the denial of Baseline Energy’s TCPA motion to dismiss a libel claim based on statements made to the Texas Workforce Commission, holding that TWC communications implicate the right to petition and that an employee’s failure to present any evidence in response to the motion required dismissal of the libel claim.

Texas Administrative Law Constitutional healthcare

Texas Court of Appeals, Fifteenth District

Cantu’s Pharmacy v. Texas HHSC — Medicaid Provider Has No Vested Right to Special Notice of Regulation Changes; Sovereign Immunity Bars Pre-Enforcement Suit

/ June 8, 2026

The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals held that a Medicaid pharmacy has no vested right to individualized notice of Provider Manual changes, that its pre-enforcement due process and declaratory judgment claims were barred by sovereign immunity, and that dismissal with prejudice was proper after the pharmacy amended its pleadings but still failed to state a cognizable claim.

Texas Appellate Procedure Civil Procedure Municipal Law

Texas Court of Appeals, Thirteenth District (Corpus Christi–Edinburg)

City of Edinburg v. Texas Cordia Construction — City Cannot Block Contractor’s Immunity Evidence by Limiting Its Jurisdictional Challenge to Pleadings

/ June 8, 2026

The Thirteenth Court of Appeals held that a city cannot bar a contractor from presenting jurisdictional evidence by framing its plea to the jurisdiction as a pleadings-only challenge, and that amounts owed under a termination-for-convenience clause are “due and owed” within the Texas Local Government Code’s immunity waiver.

Texas Constitutional Criminal

Texas Court of Appeals, Thirteenth District (Corpus Christi–Edinburg)

Magnuson v. State — Trial Court Violated Defendant’s Faretta Right to Self-Representation at Deferred Adjudication Hearing

/ June 8, 2026

The Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed a ten-year deferred-adjudication conviction, holding the trial court violated Magnuson’s Faretta right to self-representation at the adjudication hearing when it denied his unequivocal request to proceed pro se—over the State’s delay-tactic objection—without making the required findings that the request was knowing, voluntary, and timely.

Texas Constitutional Criminal

Texas Court of Appeals, Fifteenth District

Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners v. Youniacutt — Automatic License Bar for Violent Felony Convictions Survives Constitutional Challenge

/ June 8, 2026

The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and dismissed challenges to Texas Occupations Code § 108.052(2)’s automatic denial of social worker licenses to applicants with prior violent felony convictions, holding that the categorical disqualification survives rational-basis review under Patel because protecting vulnerable patients is a legitimate government interest and the bar is not oppressively burdensome.

Texas Insurance Coverage

Texas Court of Appeals, Fifteenth District

Public Utility Commission v. City of Denton — Court Affirms Rate Decision Reversing Commission’s Mid-Proceeding RFP Change for Municipal Transmission Utility

/ June 8, 2026

The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling that the PUC’s mid-proceeding modification of its rate filing package without Texas Register publication was arbitrary and capricious, requiring application of the pre-amendment 0.25x debt service coverage adder presumption, while upholding the Commission’s exclusion of a municipal utility’s general fund transfer return-on-investment component as insufficiently substantiated.

Texas Contract Interpretation Oil & Gas

Brown v. Endeavor Energy Resources — Eleventh Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Permian Basin ORRI Ownership Dispute

/ June 7, 2026

The Eleventh Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in a Permian Basin ORRI dispute, holding that an assignment referencing an unrecorded letter agreement could not establish clear title without producing that agreement.

Texas Appellate Procedure Civil Procedure Employment

Texas Court of Appeals, Seventh District (Amarillo)

Petrini v. Simon Group Consulting — Domesticating a California Judgment in Texas Does Not Give Texas Courts Jurisdiction Over Counterclaims Arising from Pre-Domestication California Conduct

/ June 8, 2026

The Seventh Court of Appeals held that a California company’s domestication of a default judgment in Texas does not confer specific personal jurisdiction for counterclaims arising from pre-domestication California conduct, and that remote employment of a Texas resident does not establish general jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant.

Texas Breach of Contract Construction Law Contract Interpretation

Blackmon Mooring v. St. Edward’s University — Third Court Reverses Summary Judgment, Holds Parol Evidence Cannot Transform Cost Estimate into Price Cap

/ June 7, 2026

The Third Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for St. Edward’s University, holding that the parol evidence rule prohibited using pre-contract negotiations to transform a cost-plus contract’s ‘estimated budgetary price’ into a guaranteed maximum price.

Texas Civil Procedure Real Estate

Huffman Asset Management v. Colter — Texas Supreme Court Reverses Default Judgment Over Defective Substituted Service

/ June 7, 2026

The Texas Supreme Court reversed a no-answer default judgment where substituted service through the Secretary of State was forwarded to incorrect addresses, holding strict compliance with statutory address requirements is necessary.

Texas Civil Procedure Construction Law

Studio E. Architecture v. Lehmberg — Texas Supreme Court Allows Reassertion of Claims After Certificate-of-Merit Dismissal

/ June 7, 2026

The Texas Supreme Court held that a plaintiff may reassert claims against a design professional via amended petition in the same lawsuit after a certificate-of-merit dismissal without prejudice under Section 150.002.

Texas Banking & Finance Constitutional Real Estate

Staub v. BBVA USA — Texas Supreme Court Limits Constitutional Forfeiture Remedy to Breaches of Constitutionally Mandated Loan Terms

/ June 7, 2026

The Texas Supreme Court held that the constitutional forfeiture remedy for home equity loan violations applies only to breaches of constitutionally mandated loan conditions, not to every contractual breach by a lender.

Texas Business Transactions Civil Procedure Jurisdiction

Freedom Westwood v. Flagship Capital — First Court Holds Forum-Selection Clause Cannot Bind Non-Signatory LLC

/ June 7, 2026

The First Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a special appearance, holding that forum-selection clauses in LLC agreements could not bind a non-signatory entity through direct-benefits estoppel in a multi-layered ownership structure.

Texas Constitutional Municipal Law Real Estate

Modern Builders v. City of Fort Worth — Second Court Upholds Municipal Zoning Restrictions on Short-Term Rentals

/ June 7, 2026

The Second Court of Appeals upheld Fort Worth’s zoning restrictions confining short-term rentals to designated areas, rejecting constitutional challenges from property owners operating STRs in residential districts.

Texas Oil & Gas Tax

J-W Power Co. v. Wise County Appraisal District — Second Court Addresses Multi-County Taxation of Dealer Heavy Equipment Inventory

/ June 7, 2026

The Second Court of Appeals addressed whether compressors physically located in Wise County could be removed from its appraisal rolls under the DHEI statutory scheme, largely affirming the appraisal district’s authority but reversing on one duplicate-taxed unit.

Texas Breach of Contract Oil & Gas

Craddick v. Cimarex Energy — Eighth Court Affirms Summary Judgment Rejecting Bad-Faith Washout Claims on 1943 Permian Basin Lease

/ June 7, 2026

The Eighth Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment rejecting claims of bad-faith washout of overriding royalty interests in a 1943 Permian Basin lease, finding the lease’s broad surrender provision did not impose the good-faith obligations alleged.