There are three holdings in DiGiuseppe v.Lawler that are noteworthy. First, the Texas Supreme Court, reaffirms the principle that a party who obtains a favorable judgment need not file a separate notice of appeal to preserve its right to judgment on a lesser alternate ground of recovery in the event an appellate court reverses the trial
Welcome to Reverse and Render
Welcome to the Cowles & Thompson Appellate Blog. We created this blog with the goal of providing useful information to civil appellate practitioners and to the public at large. We anticipate that we will be posting information relating to significant appellate opinions from Texas appellate courts (inclusive of the Supreme Court of Texas). Of course, we will also call attention to U.S. Supreme Court opinions
Texas Supreme Court goes to SMU
The Texas Supreme Court will be holding oral arguments this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2008, in Dallas at the SMU Dedman School of Law. The following three cases are set for oral argument beginning at 9:00am:
Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers, No. 05-0272; from Jefferson County, Ninth Court of Appeals (09-04-00152-CV, __S.W.3d__
Mandamus waiver
The Houston Fourteenth District Court of Appeals has held that a Relator must challenge all possible grounds supporting a trial court’s ruling by its Petition for Writ of Mandamus or the Relator waives its complaint. In In re TCW Global Project Fund II, Ltd., No. 14-08-00116-CV (Sept. 24, 2008), the Relator filed a Petition