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Below are summaries of cases set for oral argument during the Supreme Court of Texas' 2024-2025 court term. The summaries are created by the Court's staff attorneys and law clerks and do not constitute the Court’s official descriptions or statements.
Texas Supreme Court held that a "motion for summary judgment must itself expressly present the grounds on which it is made." McConnell, 858 S.W.2d at 341. Further, the court held that a trial court may not rely on briefs or summary judgment evidence in determining whether grounds are expressly presented. See id.; see also Science Spectrum, Inc ...
27 sie 2024 · A party seeking to recover upon a claim, counterclaim, or cross-claim or to obtain a declaratory judgment may, at any time after the adverse party has appeared or answered, move with or without supporting affidavits for a summary judgment in his favor upon all or any part thereof.
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The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) Texas law grants commissioners the authority to decide whether to pay Plaintiff a supplemental salary; and (2) Plaintiff failed to establish any basis to find that the commissioners abused that discretion. Read more.
To survive summary judgment, the nonmovant must 1 Under the Local Rules of the Southern District of Texas, a response to a motion is due 21 days after the motion is filed. S.D. Tex. L.R. 7.3, 7.4(A). Plaintiff’s response to the Motion for Summary Judgment was due March 25, 2022.
8 sie 2021 · Governed by TRCP 166a, there are two types, the Traditional Summary Judgment and the No Evidence Summary Judgment. Tex. R. Civ. P. 166a. According to the Texas Supreme Court, a summary judgment is appropriate if reasonable people agree with the conclusion based on the evidence of the case.
