Justices Rule For No. 1 Individual Campaign Donor; Perry Homes Decision Overturns Two Lower Courts

In Perry Homes V. Robert Cull Texas Supreme Court justices today overturned two lower courts to rule for their No. 1 Individual Donor: Perry Homes founder Bob Perry. Notably, no justices recused themselves from this case involving a major donor. Read More

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Misjudging The Market
As conflicts engulf Wall Street, the Wall Street Journal reported this month that Texas Supreme Court inaction let stand a dangerous securities opinion with national repercussions.



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Weekley Homes Comes on Home
When David Weekley Homes filed an appeal in Texas’ High Court last month, it was as if the builder had entered one of its own custom-built homes.




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Halliburton’s Home Court Gives Workers the Shaft
In an over-the-top business power grab, Texas’ High Court last month overturned two lower courts to force a Halliburton employment dispute out of court and into arbitration (In re Halliburton Co.).


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Lobby Watch:Moldy ‘Lemon’ Homes Denied Day In Court

A Texas House panel today will explore if consumers are being hurt by businesses’ increasing reliance on “binding arbitration.” Consumers will decry the privatized “justice” system that binding arbitration has created, while business interests that give millions of dollars to Texas politicians will rush to the defense of this plaintiff-hostile system.
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The Jury's Always Out In Binding Arbitration
Texas’ civil court of last resort set itself up this year to reduce its work load and reward big business interests. The name of the game is binding arbitration, which big business uses to deprive consumers of the right to a public trial by a jury of peers.

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