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citation_id ▼ filing_id case_name citation court year proposition cited_by
535 50 50 Lockett v. HB Zachry Co. 285 S.W.3d 63, 72 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2009 Texas courts have recognized adoption of a co-party's motion for summary judgment as a procedurally legitimate practice Kassab
536 50 50 Kassab v. Pohl 612 S.W.3d 571 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2020 Cited for multiple propositions: (1) characterization of Pohl's claims; (2) runners paid $5M+ in barratry pass-through money; (3) Kassab's conduct 'arose out of a commercial transaction involving the type of legal services Kassab provides'; (4) intended audience were individuals with potential legal claims Kassab sought to represent Kassab
537 50 50 Walker v. Williamson (2016 May) No. 1:14cv381-KS-JCG, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61185 S.D. Miss. 2016 Background on Mississippi Litigation: runners alleged joint venture with Pohl and marketing services agreements Kassab
538 50 50 Walker v. Williamson (2017) No. 1:14-CV-381-KS-MTP, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59031 S.D. Miss. 2017 Runners contracted with Pohl to provide marketing and public relations services for automobile rollover accident claims Kassab
539 50 50 Walker v. Williamson (2016 Mar) No. 1:14-cv-381-KS-JCG, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76488 S.D. Miss. 2016 Runners procured thousands of BP claims and approximately sixty motor vehicle accident cases for Pohl but Pohl did not pay agreed share of fees Kassab
540 50 50 Tex. Dep't of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda 133 S.W.3d 217, 228 Tex. 2004 Purpose of summary judgments is to eliminate patently unmeritorious claims and untenable defenses Kassab
541 50 50 Lujan v. Navistar, Inc. 555 S.W.3d 79, 84 Tex. 2018 Movant must show no genuine issue of material fact and entitlement to judgment as a matter of law; if carried, burden shifts to nonmovant Kassab
542 50 50 Maldonado v. Maldonado 556 S.W.3d 407, 414 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018 Genuine issue of material fact precludes summary judgment Kassab
543 50 50 Ford Motor Co. v. Ridgway 135 S.W.3d 598, 600 Tex. 2004 Genuine issue of material fact exists if more than scintilla of evidence establishing the challenged element is produced Kassab
544 50 50 Crampton v. Farris 596 S.W.3d 267, 274-76 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2019 Allegations of wrongdoing in connection with prosecution of disciplinary actions are absolutely immune under Rule 17.09; claim for destruction of evidence related to grievance proceeding barred Kassab
545 50 50 Burch v. State Bar of Tex. No. 07-19-00224-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 1409 Tex. App.—Amarillo 2020 Immunity under Rule 17.09 barred claim against attorneys for commission who purportedly engaged in misconduct related to a bankruptcy proceeding in connection with grievance Kassab
546 50 50 Landry's, Inc. v. Animal Legal Def. Fund 631 S.W.3d 40, 46-50 Tex. 2021 Judicial proceedings privilege is absolute, covers all aspects of proceedings, and extends to communications preliminary to proposed judicial proceedings made in good faith. Protects communications 'necessary to set the judicial machinery in motion' Kassab
547 50 50 Crain v. Smith 22 S.W.3d 58, 62-63 Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2000 Statements in letter sent before lawsuit began were protected by the judicial-proceedings privilege Kassab
548 50 50 Laub v. Pesikoff 979 S.W.2d 686, 691 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1998 Privilege should extend beyond defamation when the essence of a claim is damages flowing from communications made in judicial proceedings; applied to intentional interference, civil conspiracy, IIED, negligence, and constitutional violations Kassab
549 50 50 Tex. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ray Ferguson Interests, Inc. No. 01-02-00807-CV, 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 2001 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006 Absolute privilege applied in deceptive insurance practices claim because damages theory was based on insurer's allegations in judicial proceeding Kassab
550 50 50 Bradt v. West 892 S.W.2d 56, 72 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992 Attorney does not have a right of recovery under any cause of action against another attorney arising from conduct in discharge of duties representing a party Kassab
551 50 50 Youngkin v. Hines 546 S.W.3d 675, 681-82 Tex. 2018 Attorney immune from liability to nonclients for conduct within scope of representation; inquiry focuses on kind of conduct, not alleged wrongfulness; labeling conduct 'fraudulent' does not remove it from scope Kassab
552 50 50 Bethel v. Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C. 595 S.W.3d 651, 657 Tex. 2020 Criminal conduct is not categorically excepted from attorney civil immunity when conduct alleged is connected with representing a client in litigation Kassab
553 50 50 Cantey Hanger, LLP v. Byrd 467 S.W.3d 477, 483, 485 Tex. 2015 Attorney's conduct may be wrongful but still fall within scope of client representation; attorney was immune from conduct that occurred after litigation had ended Kassab
554 50 50 Taylor v. Tolbert 644 S.W.3d 637, 642-49 Tex. 2022 Even conduct 'prohibited by statute' is subject to attorney immunity if statute does not expressly abrogate the defense. Applied to attorney accused of violating wiretapping statutes Kassab
555 50 50 Highland Capital Mgmt., LP v. Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. No. 05-15-00055-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 442 Tex. App.—Dallas 2016 Attorney immunity applied to claim that attorney engaged in malicious conduct with respect to illegal acquisition of plaintiff's proprietary and confidential information Kassab
556 50 50 Haynes & Boone, LLP v. NFTD, LLC 631 S.W.3d 65, 78-79, 81 Tex. 2021 Attorney immunity applies to claims based on conduct outside the litigation context and to conduct committed as part of business transaction Kassab
557 50 50 Clayton v. Oldcastle Materials Tex., Inc. No. 09-18-00063-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 1112 Tex. App.—Beaumont 2019 Attorney immunity applied to attorney's conduct including 'selling his legal services to the City as a potential client' and subsequent representation Kassab
558 50 50 Schlumberger Tech. Corp. v. Pasko 544 S.W.3d 830, 833-34 Tex. 2018 Defendant moving for summary judgment on limitations must conclusively establish elements of that defense; accrual occurs when tortious act caused injury even if all damages have not yet occurred Kassab
559 50 50 KPMG Peat Marwick v. Harrison Cnty. Hous. Fin. Corp. 988 S.W.2d 746, 748 Tex. 1999 Defendant must conclusively prove when cause of action accrued and negate discovery rule if it applies Kassab
560 50 50 United Healthcare Servs., Inc. v. First St. Hosp. LP 570 S.W.3d 323, 335 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018 Cause of action accrues when tortious act committed and caused injury, or when facts authorize a party to seek judicial remedy Kassab
561 50 50 Provident Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. Knott 128 S.W.3d 211, 221 Tex. 2003 Determining the accrual date is a question of law Kassab
562 50 50 Gen. Universal Sys. v. HAL Inc. 500 F.3d 444, 451 5th Cir. 2007 TUTSA 'explicitly precludes treating trade secret misappropriation as a continuing tort' Kassab
563 50 50 Guajardo v. Freddie Records, Inc. No. CV H-10-02024, 2014 WL 12603179 S.D. Tex. 2014 Texas Legislature decided not to make trade secret misappropriation a continuing tort Kassab
564 50 50 Bianco v. Globus Med., Inc. 53 F. Supp. 3d 929, 938 E.D. Tex. 2014 The tort of misappropriation, as viewed under Texas law, occurs at the moment of misappropriation Kassab
565 50 50 Agar Corp. v. Electro Circuits Int'l, LLC (Court of Appeals) 565 S.W.3d 12, 19-21 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016 Subsequent sale of misappropriated trade secrets does not restart the TUTSA limitations clock; continuing tort does not arise from repeatedly selling stolen information Kassab
566 50 50 Agar Corp., Inc. v. Electro Circuits Int'l, LLC (Supreme Court) 580 S.W.3d 136, 138, 144 Tex. 2019 Civil conspiracy claim accrues when underlying tort accrues and shares the same limitations period; conspiracy is a theory of derivative liability Kassab
567 50 50 Rogers v. Ardella Veigel Inter Vivos Trust No. 2 162 S.W.3d 281, 290 Tex. App.—Amarillo 2005 Continuing tort does not arise from copyrighting and repeatedly selling a song; injury continues with each sale but the causing act was the one act of copyrighting Kassab
568 50 50 Wells Fargo Bank Nw., N.A. v. RPK Capital XVI, L.L.C. 360 S.W.3d 691, 700 Tex. App.—Dallas 2012 Limitations period for conversion claim begins to run at time of the unlawful taking Kassab
569 50 50 Title Source, Inc. v. HouseCanary, Inc. 612 S.W.3d 517, 527 Tex. App.—San Antonio 2020 To bring a successful TUTSA claim, the claimant must first show that it owns a trade secret Kassab
570 50 50 Morgan v. Clements Fluids S. Tex., Inc. 589 S.W.3d 177, 186-87 Tex. App.—Tyler 2018 TUTSA requires proof of ownership, misappropriation, and proximate cause damages Kassab
571 50 50 Catania v. Garage de Le Paix, Inc. 542 S.W.2d 239, 242 Tex. Civ. App.—Tyler 1976 Plaintiff who has not shown title or right to possession of property allegedly converted may not maintain suit in conversion Kassab
572 50 50 In re McCann 422 S.W.3d 701, 704-05 Tex. Crim. App. 2013 Attorney is agent of client and client owns the contents of his or her file Kassab
573 50 50 Thomson v. Findlater Hardware Co. 205 S.W. 831, 832 Tex. 1918 Cited in McCann for attorney-as-agent-of-client principle Kassab
574 50 50 In re George 28 S.W.3d 511, 516 Tex. 2000 Attorney is agent of client and work product generated by attorney in representing client belongs to the client Kassab
575 50 50 Hebisen v. State 615 S.W.2d 866 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1981 Cited for interpretation of 'property' as meaning client's papers and other documents in lawyer's file Kassab
576 50 50 Resolution Tr. Corp. v. H___, P.C. 128 F.R.D. 647, 648 N.D. Tex. 1989 Entire contents of law firm's files concerning representation belong to the client, including work product, notes, and legal memoranda Kassab
577 50 50 Trammel Crow Co. No. 60 v. Harkinson 944 S.W.2d 631, 635 Tex. 1997 To prevail on civil conspiracy, plaintiff must show defendant was liable for some underlying tort Kassab
578 50 50 Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Johnson 9 S.W. 602, 602-03 Tex. 1888 Origin of the Unlawful Acts Rule: no action will lie to recover a claim for damages if plaintiff requires aid from an illegal transaction Kassab
579 50 50 McNally v. McNally No. 02-18-00142-CV, 2020 WL 5241189 Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2020 Unlawful Acts Rule remains good law; uses 'inextricably intertwined' language Kassab
580 50 50 Andrew Shebay & Co., P.L.L.C. v. Bishop 429 S.W.3d 644, 648-49 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2013 Unlawful Acts Rule applies when illegal act contributed to the injury Kassab
581 50 50 Dover v. Baker, Brown, Sharman & Parker 859 S.W.2d 441, 450-51 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1993 Purpose of rule is to ensure person should not entertain hope of indemnity for offense; rule applies even if defendants also committed unlawful acts Kassab
582 50 50 Truyen Luong v. McAllister No. 01-17-00198-CV, 2018 WL 3651103 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018 Affirmed summary judgment under Unlawful Acts Rule where solicitation was essential purpose of barratry fee-splitting agreement; barratry contract is 'prohibited by statute as well as by disciplinary rule' Kassab
583 50 50 Sharpe v. Turley 191 S.W.3d 362, 363-69 Tex. App.—Dallas 2006 Summary judgment affirmed under Unlawful Acts Rule where plaintiff who illegally obtained documents could not claim superior right to them Kassab
584 50 50 Alderson v. United States 718 F. Supp. 2d 1186, 1200 C.D. Cal. 2010 Cannot receive trade secret protection for information about ongoing illegal activities; 'there simply cannot be any trade secret about ongoing illegality' Kassab
585 50 50 Alderson v. United States (9th Cir.) 686 F.3d 791 9th Cir. 2012 Affirmed district court's rejection of trade secret protection for illegal activities Kassab
586 50 50 Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. 416 U.S. 470, 481-82 U.S. 1974 Underlying justifications of trade secrets law include maintenance of standards of commercial ethics Kassab
587 50 50 Merckle GmbH v. Johnson & Johnson 961 F. Supp. 721, 733 D.N.J. 1997 Privilege to disclose trade secrets exists for disclosure of information relevant to public health/safety, commission of crime/tort, or matters of substantial public concern; policies parallel whistleblower statutes Kassab
588 50 50 Denson v. Dallas Cnty. Credit Union 262 S.W.3d 846, 855 Tex. App.—Dallas 2008 Unlawful Acts Rule bars tort claims inextricably intertwined with illegal business lacking proper license Kassab
589 50 50 M.M.M., Inc. v. Mitchell 265 S.W.2d 584, 585-86 Tex. 1954 Texas Supreme Court refused recovery for engineer who practiced without current license Kassab
590 50 50 Farha v. Elam 385 S.W.2d 692, 695 Tex. Civ. App.—Fort Worth 1964 Recovery denied for practicing architecture without license; permitting recovery would undermine licensure purpose Kassab
591 50 50 In re Williamson 838 So.2d 226, 234 Miss. 2002 Practice of law defined as little as advising a person of his legal rights under Mississippi law Kassab
592 50 50 Darby v. Miss. State Bar 185 So.2d 684, 687 Miss. 1966 Cited for Mississippi definition of practice of law Kassab
593 50 50 Forbes v. St. Martin 145 So.3d 1184 Miss. App. 2013 Practice of law in Mississippi includes solicitation of clients and investigation of potential client's claim Kassab
594 50 50 In re Guirard 11 So.3d 1017 La. 2009 Against Louisiana law for non-licensed person to solicit and sign up clients or investigate claims Kassab
595 50 50 Davis v. Alabama State Bar 676 So.2d 306 Ala. 1996 Against Alabama law to provide assistance to person engaging in unauthorized practice of law Kassab
596 50 50 The Florida Bar v. Meserve 372 So.2d 1373 Fla. 1979 Practice of law in Florida includes soliciting and interviewing clients; violation to assist unauthorized practice Kassab
597 50 50 Brumfield v. Williamson 634 S.W.3d 170 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2021 Barratry lawsuit dismissed on limitations Kassab
598 50 50 Gandy v. Williamson 634 S.W.3d 214, 219 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2021 Barratry lawsuit dismissed on limitations Kassab
599 50 50 Cheatham v. Pohl No. 01-20-00046-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 649 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2022 Court of appeals reversed summary judgment for Pohl because there was evidence of a 'barratry scheme' Kassab
600 50 50 Sw. Energy Prod. Co. v. Berry-Helfand 491 S.W.3d 699, 710-11 Tex. 2016 TUTSA damages generally comprise lost profits, defendant's actual profits, reasonably prudent investor value, avoided development costs, or reasonable royalty Kassab
601 50 50 Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa 212 S.W.3d 299, 310-11 Tex. 2006 Texas law has not allowed recovery of attorney's fees unless authorized by statute or contract — the American Rule Kassab
602 50 50 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. Nat'l Dev. & Research Corp. 299 S.W.3d 106, 119 Tex. 2009 Texas Supreme Court declined to address whether 'tort of another' exception should be adopted Kassab
603 50 50 Martin-Simon v. Womack 68 S.W.3d 793, 797-98 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2001 Attorney's fees in prior litigation generally not recoverable as damages; only where agreement provides Kassab
604 50 50 Alvarez v. Agyemang No. 02-19-00301-CV, 2020 WL 719440 Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2020 Equitable exception does not allow recovery of attorney's fees absent contract or authorizing statute Kassab
605 50 50 Riner v. Neumann 353 S.W.3d 312, 323 Tex. App.—Dallas 2011 Declined to adopt new equitable exception to American Rule given supreme court's faithful adherence Kassab
606 50 50 Naschke v. Gulf Coast Conference 187 S.W.3d 653, 655 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006 Declined to adopt 'tort of another' exception because not enacted by Legislature or adopted by Texas Supreme Court Kassab
607 50 50 Massey v. Columbus State Bank 35 S.W.3d 697, 701 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001 First Court of Appeals previously recognized 'tort of another' exception (cited in footnote as superseded by Tony Gullo and Akin Gump) Kassab
608 50 50 Stumhoffer v. Perales 459 S.W.3d 158, 168 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2015 Texas has long adhered to the American Rule prohibiting recovery of attorney's fees unless authorized by statute or contract Kassab
609 50 50 Per-Se Techs., Inc. v. Sybase, Inc. No. 01-03-01293-CV, 2005 WL 1539291 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2005 Under 'tort of another' exception, party is not entitled to recover fees if not a wholly innocent party Kassab
610 50 50 Pacesetter Pools, Inc. v. Pierce Homes, Inc. 86 S.W.3d 827, 834-35 Tex. App.—Austin 2002 Trial court properly refused to award fees where plaintiff was found partly negligent in underlying suit Kassab
611 50 50 Dayton Hudson Corp. v. Eldridge 742 S.W.2d 482, 488 Tex. App.—Dallas 1987 Party was not innocent party forced to incur costs, so not entitled to recover fees as damages Kassab
612 50 50 Sunchase IV Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Atkinson 643 S.W.3d 420, 422 Tex. 2022 Whether a party is entitled to attorney's fees is a question of law Kassab
613 50 50 Howell v. Hilton Hotels 84 S.W.3d 708, 711-12 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2002 Under Rule 166a(i), burden shifts to nonmovant to produce evidence raising fact issue on challenged elements Kassab
614 50 50 Boales v. Brighton Builders, Inc. 29 S.W.3d 159, 164 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2000 If evidence is so weak as to create no more than 'mere surmise or suspicion,' less than a scintilla of evidence exists Kassab
615 50 50 Kindred v. Conn/Chem., Inc. 650 S.W.2d 61, 63 Tex. 1983 Evidence lacking probative force is in legal effect no evidence at all Kassab
616 50 50 Marathon Corp. v. Pitzner 106 S.W.3d 724, 727-28 Tex. 2003 Some suspicion linked to other suspicion produces only more suspicion, which is not the same as some evidence Kassab
617 50 50 Johnson v. Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. 73 S.W.3d 193, 210 Tex. 2002 Cited for suspicion-not-evidence standard Kassab
618 50 50 Freezia v. IS Storage Venture, LLC 474 S.W.3d 379, 386-87 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2015 Elements of conversion: (1) ownership/possession, (2) unauthorized control, (3) demand for return, (4) refusal Kassab
619 50 50 Wiese v. Pro Am Svcs. Inc. 317 S.W.3d 857, 862 Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2010 Conversion damages: return of property plus loss of use, or value of property Kassab
620 50 50 Malone v. PLH Group, Inc. No. 01-19-00016-CV, 2020 WL 1680058 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2020 Elements of TUTSA: ownership of trade secret, misappropriation, proximate cause damages Kassab
621 50 50 Tri v. J.T.T. 162 S.W.3d 552, 556 Tex. 2005 Five elements of civil conspiracy: combination, object, meeting of minds, overt acts, proximate cause damages Kassab
622 50 50 Haynes v. Bryan No. 01-20-00685-CV, 2022 WL 2024837 Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2022 Five elements of civil conspiracy Kassab
623 50 50 Conmar Products Corp. v. Universal Slide Fastener Co. 172 F.2d 150 2d Cir. 1949 No remedy for period subsequent to disclosure of trade secret by issued patent (cited in UTSA commentary) Kassab
624 50 50 Carboline Co. v. Jarboe 454 S.W.2d 540 Mo. 1970 Recoverable monetary relief limited to period it would have taken misappropriator to discover trade secret without misappropriation (cited in UTSA commentary) Kassab

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    citation_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
    case_name TEXT,
    citation TEXT,
    court TEXT,
    year INTEGER,
    proposition TEXT,
    cited_by TEXT
);