The SCOTX Report

Texas Supreme Court Weekly Digest
September 4, 2026

Opinions Issued

No full opinions were issued this week.

Cases Taken Up

Granted for review, set for oral argument, or rehearing granted — not yet decided.

25-0338·Petition For Review

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. SARAH KENNEDY, JANE BRAUGH, KATHLEEN HEBERT, LUCINA BOTOND, AND ROGER S. BRAUGH, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIRS OF ROGER S. BRAUGH, SR., DECEASED

  • Must a doctor have told a plaintiff of a "likely" causal link before a latent-injury discovery-rule defense can be resolved on summary judgment?
  • Did the summary-judgment record show the family knew enough, more than two years before suing, to start the limitations clock regardless?
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25-0759·Petition For Review

TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION v. HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

  • Should the Court overrule *In re City of Georgetown* and hold attorney-client privilege isn't "other law" that overrides Public Information Act disclosure?
  • If privilege still applies, should it be narrowed so it doesn't shield a purely factual investigation that contains no legal advice?
  • Did the district waive privilege when a senior official publicly disclosed the withheld report's conclusions?
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25-1077·Petition For Review

DIANA GARCIA v. DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D/B/A PARKLAND HOSPITAL)

  • Is an at-will employee's training-cost retention/reimbursement agreement a "restraint of trade" subject to reasonableness review, even though it isn't a formal noncompete?
  • Can an at-will employee's lawful resignation count as a "breach" supporting contract damages?
  • Was a $20,000 reimbursement penalty enforceable without proof it was a reasonable forecast of actual, recoverable loss?
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25-1108·Petition For Review

TEXAS LAW SHIELD, LLC, ET AL. v. JUAN MANEL PEREZ, KATIE KASSAB AND BIANCA ARGUELLO

  • Is civil-barratry liability judged by what the solicitor knew or should have known, or by what the recipient actually needed?
  • Does "solicit employment" require an existing legal problem, or does a "particular occurrence" (like a safety training) suffice?
  • Do plaintiffs with no shown legal need for the services have standing to sue for barratry at all?
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Other Orders

Denials, dismissals, rehearing denied, argument scheduling, abatements, and other routine orders.

Denied Motions for Rehearing

  • 25-0863 — SOUTHERN CORNERSTONE INC., AND RACETRAC, INC. D/B/A RACETRAC #2649 v. CROWN COLONY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC.
  • 26-0126 — IN THE INTEREST OF S.P.A.T., A CHILD
  • 26-0155 — JONES LANG LASALLE BROKERAGE, INC. v. EKSS REALTY, L.L.C.
  • 26-0580 — STEPHANIE LOVINGS v. AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY/TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
  • 26-0582 — IN THE INTEREST OF O.E.S., A CHILD
  • 26-0618 — JOSE RUIZ AND ANGELA RUIZ v. AMDRE, LLC.
  • 26-0029 — IN RE GERMAN GARCIA
  • 26-0590 — IN RE WESLEE JOEL BOLTON

Denied Petitions for Review

  • 26-0899 — IN THE INTEREST OF C.J.C., O.C.C. AND V.A.R.C., CHILDREN

Dismissed Petitions for Writ of Mandamus

  • 24-0798 — IN RE DAVID MICHAEL LANCE COOKE

Abated Causes

  • 24-0953 — LATTIMORE MATERIALS CORP. v. TRINITY INDUSTRIES LEASING COMPANY

Reset for Oral Argument

  • 25-0564 — SAN ANTONIO BAY ESTUARINE WATERKEEPER, TEXAS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND S. DIANE WILSON v. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND MAX MIDSTREAM, LLC
  • 26-0085 — TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - EL PASO v. PHILIP E. MOHRMAN INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT K. BORST