Issue Matrix

10 substantive and procedural issues litigated at trial

Data license: Public court records

1 row where cluster = "Threshold" and relevance = "High"

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relevance 1

  • High · 1 ✖

cluster 1

  • Threshold · 1 ✖
issue_id ▼ name cluster relevance summary kassab_position pohl_position result appellate_status authorities
1 TCPA Applicability to Barratry Claims Threshold High TCPA motion denied at trial court, affirmed on appeal, SCOTX denied review. Pohl’s claims based on Kassab’s exercise of right to petition; communications protected under TCPA. Claims not based on protected activity but on illegal conduct (barratry); commercial speech exception applies. Trial court denied TCPA MTD. 1st COA affirmed (Sep 2020). SCOTX denied review (Feb 2021). Fully resolved. TCPA inapplicable to barratry-based claims in this context. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 27; Adams v. Starside Custom Builders, 547 S.W.3d 890 (Tex. 2018); Kassab v. Pohl, No. 01-18-01143-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2020, pet. denied).

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CREATE TABLE issues (
    issue_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    name TEXT,
    cluster TEXT,
    relevance TEXT,
    summary TEXT,
    kassab_position TEXT,
    pohl_position TEXT,
    result TEXT,
    appellate_status TEXT,
    authorities TEXT
);