Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiff's declaratory judgment action regarding a franchise for lack of personal jurisdiction and court found defendants were, in effect, "passive" buyers of the unilateral decision made by Circle K and plaintiff to assign the franchise agreement to plaintiff and court transferred the case to Texas. Motion granted and case transferred.

Appeals & Motions List released on:January 4, 2024

A county, who appealed a decision by the trial court over the boundary lines with a neighboring county, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court erred in finding no genuine issues of material facts to justify summary judgment.

Sunnyview Farm, LLC, et al. v. Levy Leverage, LLC, et al.

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Gruss, as executor of the estate of her mother, Maurita Gallagher and Nuclear Sources and Services, Inc., a company founded by Gruss's father, Robert Gallagher, in 1971, brought three mandamus proceedings arguing that the trial court abused its discretion by issuing paragraphs 3 to 5 of three interlocutory judgments and sought a declaratory judgment that Maurita Gallagher's estate owned the stock of the company and that the failure on the part of an Acquisition Trust to pay the purchase price of the stock excused the estate from perfo

Appellant filed a taxpayer refund suit against appellees, seeking to recover certain franchise tax payments made under protest.

A saltwater reclamation company, that filed suit to quiet title, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in finding no genuine issues of material fact to justify summary judgment.