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…
No. 25-BC08A-0014 Michael D. Crain, etc. v. William “Will” Northern, et al. (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard, Author) Legal Malpractice and Fractured Malpractice-Based Claims. This case arises out of a broken business relationship between Crain and William Northern; Crain brought suit individually and on behalf of his business entities, for…
No. 15-25-00027 Nicholas Kreines, et al v. ES3 Minerals, LLC (On Appeal from the Business Court, Division 3B) Injunctions/Bonds. Kreines and Ryan appealed a Business Court order modifying a temporary injunction that enjoined them from selling to certain mineral-rights buyers…
OWL AssetCo,I, LLC v. EOG Resources, Inc. (Eleventh Div., Judge Bullard) Jurisdiction – House Bill 40. OWL and EOG contracted for OWL to provide transportation and disposal of produced water from EOG’s oil and gas operations. OWL filed this breach of contract action in the 152nd District Court of…
No. 25-BC01A-0050 Sun Metals Group, LLC. v. Shuangcheng Yu, et al. (First Div., Judge Bouressa) Jurisdiction. This action was unilaterally removed to the Business Court by the defendants/counter-plaintiffs more than 10 months after it was filed in the 14th Judicial District, Dallas County, and plaintiff moved to remand…
No. 25-BC08B-0001 CRS Mechanical, Inc., et al. v. Norfolk Cold Storage, LLC, etc., et al. (Division 8, Judge Stagner) 25-bc08b-0001-crs-mechanical-v-norfolk-cold-storage-2025-tex-bus-46.pdf Declaratory Judgments Act. In this action, plaintiffs alleged they formed a partnership with defendants to renovate and operate a cold-storage facility in Nebraska; under the agreement defendants would purchase…
No. 24-BC11A-002 City Choice Group, LLC v. TMC Grand Blvd Land Company, LLC, et al. (11th Div., Judge Adrogue’) 24-bc11a-0002-city-choice-group-v-tmc-grand-blvd-land-co-2025-tex-bus-45.pdf Contracts. This written opinion is issued under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 360(a)(1), and reflects actions taken June 6 and November 8, 2025 on TMC’s motions. Background: In May…
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