https://texasappeals.org/topics/preservation-of-error/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 26 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2026/01/4-families-of-hobby-v-city-of-houston/Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2026/01/4-families-of-hobby-v-city-of-houston/The court held that two provisions of the City of Houston’s Hobby Airport concessions agreement can reasonably be read to require city expenditures of more than $50,000, so the losing bidder is entitled to jurisdictional discovery before its Chapter 252 claims are dismissed. The opinion does not decide whether the City violated the statute or whether the agreement is void.https://texasappeals.org/2025/12/parker-v-state-capital-direct-appeal/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2025/12/parker-v-state-capital-direct-appeal/The court held that the evidence was sufficient for a rational juror to find that the infant removed from the victim’s body was “born and is alive” when the defendant kidnapped or attempted to kidnap her, and it overruled twenty-four other points of error on the merits or for lack of preservation or briefing. A concurrence addressed the Penal Code’s two definitions of “individual.”https://texasappeals.org/2025/10/carter-v-southwest-airlines-rehearing/Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/10/carter-v-southwest-airlines-rehearing/In a substituted opinion, the court held that Title VII’s undue-hardship defense applies only to claims based on religious observance or practice, reversed the judgment against Southwest Airlines on Charlene Carter’s belief-based claim, affirmed the judgment on her practice-based claims and against the union, and vacated the permanent injunction and contempt sanction.