The SCOTX Report

The docket, decoded.

Practice Areas

Every case we have ever covered, organized by subject. Click a practice area to see its cases⁠—bullet summary first, full breakdown one click away.

Administrative Law 34 cases
Agency rulemaking, APA procedure, judicial review of administrative decisions
Antitrust 2 cases
Antitrust and competition-law claims
Arbitration 9 cases
Arbitration clause enforcement, scope, and related procedure
Attorney Fees 13 cases
Attorney's fees entitlement, calculation, or fee-shifting disputes
Breach of Contract 12 cases
Claims that a party breached a contract, and the defenses, damages, remedies and limitations questions that follow (not contract interpretation, indemnity or restrictive covenants, which have their own tags)
Business Organizations 14 cases
Corporate governance, LLC/partnership disputes, shareholder/derivative claims, M&A and private equity disputes
Civil Procedure 158 cases
Pleading, jurisdiction, venue, discovery, and other general civil procedure issues not tied to a substantive practice area
Construction Law 7 cases
Construction defect, contractor liability, mechanic's liens
Contract Interpretation 9 cases
What a contract, lease, or deed means: construing its language, clauses and incorporated law, apart from whether it was breached
Criminal Law 9 cases
Criminal matters reaching the civil Supreme Court's docket (habeas, certain original proceedings)
Defamation 9 cases
Defamation claims, including TCPA (Texas Citizens Participation Act) anti-SLAPP motions to dismiss⁠—a recurring, notably Texas-specific procedural vehicle usually invoked in defamation cases
Election Law 6 cases
Election contests, ballot access, and related disputes
Electricity 4 cases
Electric utility regulation, ERCOT, PUC proceedings, grid reliability/outage liability⁠—kept separate from 'oil-and-gas' per house style
Employment 25 cases
Employment disputes, including wrongful termination, discrimination, wage claims
Environmental Law 5 cases
Environmental regulation and permitting disputes
Family Law 30 cases
Divorce, custody, parent-child, termination of parental rights, CPS
Federal Constitution 14 cases
U.S. Constitution claims as the central issue (First Amendment, Due Process, Equal Protection, etc.)
Fiduciary Duty 5 cases
Breach of fiduciary duty claims, spanning business, trust, and agency relationships (not limited to the trusts-and-estates context)
Financial Services 7 cases
Banking, lending, and other financial-institution disputes not better described as insurance
Fraud 14 cases
Fraud, fraudulent transfer, and asset-recovery claims as the central cause of action (not incidental to a contract/tort claim tagged elsewhere)
Governmental Immunity 41 cases
Sovereign/governmental immunity from suit or liability, waiver of immunity
Indemnity 3 cases
Contractual indemnity and risk-shifting provisions, including their enforceability and what they cover
Insurance 15 cases
Insurance coverage, duty to defend/indemnify, bad faith
Intellectual Property 1 case
Patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes
Juvenile Law 3 cases
Juvenile delinquency and related proceedings
Legal Ethics 12 cases
Attorney conduct/discipline, barratry and solicitation regulation, and Disciplinary Rules disputes (distinct from professional-liability, which is malpractice)
Medical Liability 11 cases
Health care liability claims, expert report requirements under Ch. 74
Oil and Gas 17 cases
Oil and gas leases, royalties, mineral rights, pooling⁠—kept separate from 'electricity' per house style, even though most firms group both under one 'energy' practice
Open Records 5 cases
Public Information Act (TPIA) and other government-transparency/open-records disputes
Personal Injury 44 cases
Negligence, premises liability, wrongful death, toxic tort exposure, and other tort claims
Products Liability 7 cases
Defective product claims against manufacturers/sellers, including pharmaceutical/medical device defect claims and mass tort product cases
Professional Liability 12 cases
Legal malpractice, accountant malpractice, and other non-medical professional liability claims
Real Property 37 cases
Real property disputes, easements, title, land use, condemnation
Restrictive Covenants 3 cases
Noncompetes, forfeiture-for-competition clauses, training-cost repayment, and other restraints of trade
Tax 10 cases
State and local tax controversy
Texas Constitution 28 cases
Texas Constitution claims as the central issue (open courts, due course of law, takings, retroactivity, etc.)
Trusts and Estates 10 cases
Wills, trusts, probate, and guardianship disputes
Water Law 6 cases
Water rights, groundwater conservation districts, water code disputes
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