summary judgment on Texas Appeals Journalhttps://texasappeals.org/topics/summary-judgment/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0500Supreme Court of Texas Reinstates Summary Judgment for H-E-B in Slip-and-Fall Case, Holding Earlier Roof Leaks Elsewhere in Store Did Not Show Constructive Knowledge of Puddlehttps://texasappeals.org/2026/04/heb-v-peterson/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2026/04/heb-v-peterson/The court held that a plaintiff responding to a no-evidence summary judgment motion must present some evidence of how long a dangerous condition existed, and that evidence of earlier roof leaks in other parts of a grocery store did not raise a fact issue on the grocer’s constructive knowledge of a puddle in the toy aisle. The court reversed the Thirteenth Court of Appeals and reinstated the trial court’s judgment.Third Court of Appeals Dismisses Cities’ Challenge to Texas Regulatory Consistency Act for Lack of Standinghttps://texasappeals.org/2025/08/state-v-city-of-houston-hb-2127/Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/08/state-v-city-of-houston-hb-2127/The court held that Houston, San Antonio and El Paso did not plead an injury-in-fact or an injury traceable to the State of Texas, reversed a trial-court judgment declaring House Bill 2127 unconstitutional, and dismissed the suit without prejudice. The court did not decide whether the Act is constitutional.Supreme Court of Texas Holds Attorney General May Seek to File Quo Warranto Action Against Annunciation Househttps://texasappeals.org/2025/06/paxton-v-annunciation-house-quo-warranto/Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/06/paxton-v-annunciation-house-quo-warranto/The court held that criminal acts are not categorically excluded as grounds for quo warranto, that the trial court applied the wrong standard in denying the Attorney General leave to file, and that the records-request statutes are not facially unconstitutional. The opinion states that it does not decide the merits of the harboring allegations.Fifth Circuit Holds DACA Final Rule Violates the Immigration and Nationality Act but Limits Relief to Texas and Leaves Forbearance Provisions Intacthttps://texasappeals.org/2025/01/texas-v-united-states-daca-rule/Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2025/01/texas-v-united-states-daca-rule/The court held that Texas has standing under its earlier decision, that the 2022 DACA rule is materially identical to the 2012 memorandum and substantively violates the INA, and that the district court erred by not severing the rule’s forbearance provisions; it narrowed the injunction to Texas. The stay protecting existing recipients remains in place.