Woollett v. Matyastik

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the district court adjudicated the reasonableness of the [attorney’s] fees without the benefit of evidence . . . [and therefore] erred in granting the application [for fees]”
• recognizing that in Texas common-law fraud requires a showing of actual injury
• recognizing that in Texas common-law fraud requires a showing of actual injury
• holding that “the district court erred in ordering fees without supporting proof or an evidentiary hearing,” reversing “the district court’s order approving . . . attorney’s fees,” and “remand[ing] the cause to the district court for reconsideration of the application in light of this opinion”
• a “layman’s unsupported assertion regarding reasonableness and necessity for attorney’s fees does not support the payment of attorney’s fees from the estate”
• “Expert testimony is required to support an award of attorney’s fees.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).