No. 25-BC04B-0017 Alamo Title Company v. WFG National Title Company of Texas, LLC (Fourth Division, Judge Sharp) 25-bc04b-0017-alamo-title-company-v-wfg-national-title-company-2026-tex-bus-6.pdf Jurisdiction. Alamo sued WFG alleging WFG raided its employees and customers and misappropriated sensitive business information; it also accused WFG of tortiously interfering with customer contracts and of aiding and abetting Alamo’s…
No. 25-BC01B-0030 Preston Hollow Capital, LLC, et al. v. Truist Bank, etc. (First Div., Judge Whitehill) Designation of Responsible Third Parties – Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Sec. 33.004(f). Truist’s predecessor-in-interest BB&T was the initial trustee for Senior Care Living VI’s construction project. As part of their business…
No. 25-BC08A-0014 Michael E. Crain, etc., v. William Northern (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) 25-bc08a-0014-crain-v-northern-2026-tex-bus-4.pdf Company Agreements (Buy-Sell Agreements). Crain and Northern created a realty company and two property management subsidiaries in 2020, with each of them owning 50% of each entity; the entities are governed by Company Agreements, which…
No. 25-BC01A-022 Esteban Quintero, et al. v. Urban Infraconstruction LLC and Anup Tamrakar (First Division, Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0022-qunitero-v-urban-infraconstruction-2026-tex-bus-3.pdf Contracts. This breach of contract and fraud action comes before the court on Rule 166 briefing. Based on that briefing, the court orders a partial summary judgment in favor of defendants.…
No. 25-BC01A-0013 Fiberwave, Inc., etc. v. AT&T Enterprises, etc. (First Div., Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0013-fiberwave-v-att-enterprises-2026-tex-bus-2.pdf Ruling on Defendant AT&T’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Fiberwave’s Defamation Claim. The motion is granted, the court holding the summary judgment record contains no evidence of either a false, defamatory statement or that…
No. 25-BC01A-0050 Sun Metals Group, LLC. v. Shuangcheng Yu, et al. (Division One, Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0050-sun-metals-group-v-yu-2026-tex-bus-1.pdf Motion for Reconsideration/Permissive Appeal. On December 5, 2025, the Business Court remanded this case to the District Court on untimeliness grounds – see Sun Metals Grp. v. Yu, 2025 Tex. Bus. 48 (1st…
No. 25-BC01B-0030 Preston Hollow Capital, LLC, et al. v. Truist Bank, etc. (Division One, Judge Whitehill) 25-bc01b-0030-preston-hollow-capital-v-truist-bank-2025-tex-bus-55.pdf Punitive Damages/Termination of Trustee Duties. Senior Care Living was created to develop and operate a senior living facility, and it financed the project with bond financing; Truist Bank was the initial trustee…
On December 22, 2025, the Business Court issued three opinions in No. 24-BC08A-0002 Slant Operating LLC, et al. v. Octane Energy Operating, LLC. Slant Operating LLC, et al. v. Octane Energy Operating, LLC. Division (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) 24-bc08a-0002-slant-operating-v-octane-energy-operating-25-tex-bus-52.pdf Jurisdiction/Contracts and Third-party Beneficiary Claims. Slant Operating and Octane operate…
No. 25-BC04B-0014 Sandra Hensarling v. J. George Carmichael, et al. (Fourth Div., Judge Sharp) 25-bc04b-0014-hensarling-v-carmichael-2025-tex-bus-50.pdf Jurisdiction and Rule 91a Attorneys’ Fees. Plaintiff brought this action seeking dissolution of defendant Northglen; she pleaded the action concerns the entities’ governing document and governance, that it arises out of the Texas…
No. 25-BC04B-0001 Delfino Ornelas, III, etc., et al v. Erasmo Herrera (Fourth Division, Judge Sharp). 25-bc04b-0001-ornelas-v-herrera-2025-tex-bus-51.pdf Jurisdiction. Before the court was the parties’ Joint Advisory on Early Legal Issues, which proposed two issues for early resolution, including whether settlements of the claims against the other defendants affected the court’s…
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