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· 4/24/2015

Vernco Construction, Inc. v. David Nelson, Individually and D/B/A Collective Contracting, a Sole Proprietorship And E.E. Hood & Sons, Inc.

Citations

  • 460 S.W.3d 145
  • 58 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 700
  • 2015 Tex. LEXIS 352
  • 2015 WL 1869932

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the respondents “requested an evidentiary hearing”
  • noting that standing is component of subject-matter jurisdiction
  • treating plaintiff’s alleged assignment of contract rights as a jurisdictional standing issue
  • “When a jurisdictional issue is not intertwined with the merits of the claims, which is the case here, disputed fact issues are resolved by the court, not the jury.”
  • “If all the evidence is filed with the clerk and only arguments by counsel are presented in open court, the appeal should be decided on the clerk’s record alone.”
  • “Because standing is a component of subject[-]matter jurisdiction, we consider [standing issues] as we would a plea to the jurisdiction.” (alterations in original) (quoting Brown v. Todd, 53 S.W.3d 297, 305 n.3 (Tex. 2001))

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Judges: Per Curiam

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