No. 25-BC11B-0088 Village Crossing, LLC v. West Creek Investments, LLC (Eleventh Division, Judge Stagner) Contracts. Background. Village Crossing agreed to sell, and West Creek agreed to buy, 11.56 acres of commercial property in Rosenberg, Texas for a price of $11.75 per square foot. This was a blended price, representing…
No. 26-BC01B-0025 CWK Management, Inc., etc., et al v. Deno Maggi, et al (First Division, Judge Whitehill) 2026 Tex. Bus. 48 Specific Jurisdiction. Background. CWK Management and Vincent Carfora sued Deno Maggi, Terrall Hill, Bill Poland, Texas Express Wash, BWE II, and others over a 2025 transaction in which…
No. 25-BC01B-0011 Synergy Thermogen, Inc., et al v. Blackbrush Oil & Gas, L.P., et al. (First Division, Judge Whitehill) 2026 Tex. Bus. Ct. 47 25-bc01b-0011-synergy-thermogen-v-blackbruch-oil-gas-2026-tex-bus-47.pdf Discovery – Work Product. Background. The Synergy plaintiffs develop clean-energy technology that converts waste vapors and heat into usable energy. Defendant Blackbrush Oil &…
No. 25-bc11B-0031 Jeremiah Counsel Corporation v. Ben Young, et al. (Eleventh Division, Judge Dorfman) 2026 Tex. Bus. 46 Church Governance. Background. Second Baptist Church of Houston, a Texas nonprofit corporation with roughly 94,000 members, operated for decades under its 1928 Articles of Incorporation (amended 1978) and 2005 Bylaws that…
No. 25-BC03A-0020 Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Austin, et al. v. Shiva Lam, et al. (Third Division, Judge Andrews) 2-26 Tex. Bus. 45 25-bc03a-0020-sri-shirdi-sai-baba-temple-of-austin-v-lam-2026-tex-bus-45.pdf Corporate Governance. Background. Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Austin (respectfully referred to as Temple in this summary), a Texas nonprofit religious corporation,…
No. 25-BC04B-0010 Brik Stratton v. Kenneth Hogan, et al v. Carey Parsons, et al. (Fourth Division, Judge Sharp) 2026 Tex. Bus. 44 Corporate Dissolution/Wind-up of Corporate Business/Breach of Contract. Background. This case arises out of the breakdown of a business relationship between plaintiff Stratton and defendant Hogan, co-owners of…
No. 25-BC01A-0023 Cobalt Falcon, LLC v. AXS Investments, LLC (First Division, Judge Bouressa) 2026 Tex. Bus. 43 25-bc01a-0023-cobalt-falcon-v-axs-investments-2026-tex-bus-43.pdf Breach of Contract and Affirmative Defenses. Background. Cobalt and AXS entered into a Transaction Agreement, later modified, under which the court has already concluded that AXS had a continuing obligation…
No. 15-25-0025CV In re Frank Jackson, Relator. An Original Proceeding in Mandamus, Business Court Division 11B Civil case – Attorney Immunity Defense. Background. Norman Barras served as CEO of the The Reynolds and Reynolds Company (Reynolds) under a ten-year employment agreement providing…
No. 26-BC04A-0005 Abigail Kampmann, etc., et al. Mark Smith (Fourth Division, Judge Barnard) 2026 Tex. Bus. 42 Partnership Agreements/Jurisdiction/Abatement. Background. Kampmann and Smith formed Principle Auto Group, LLC (PAG) in 2014 which serves as general partner of Principle Auto Management, Ltd (PAM), an entity which manages car dealerships. Kampmann…
No. 25-BC01B-0038 Jean Thompson and Thompson Petroleum Corporation v. Anchor Capital GP LLC and Michael Mann (First Division, Judge Whitehill) 26 Tex. Bus. 41. 25-bc01b-0038-thompson-v-anchor-capital-gp-2026-tex-bus-41.pdf For the court’s prior opinion on Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and a fuller statement of the case see, the court’s May 4, 2026…
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