legal_theories: 361

509 claims, defenses, counterclaims, and affirmative defenses

Data license: Public court records

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theory_id	filing_id	theory	party	role	basis
361	50	Attorney immunity (Cantey Hanger / Youngkin / Taylor doctrine)	Kassab	affirmative_defense	Attorney immune from liability to nonclients for conduct within scope of representation. Even criminal conduct not categorically excepted. Texas Supreme Court's Taylor v. Tolbert (2022) held that even conduct 'prohibited by statute' is subject to immunity if statute doesn't expressly abrogate it. Court of appeals already found Kassab's conduct 'arose out of a commercial transaction involving legal services.'