Four opinions in eight days at the Texas Business Court — and Chancery’s first word on Revlon and the public benefit corporation.
| SMU CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE |
| The Hilltop Docket |
| Intelligence on the Texas Business Court — opinions, dockets, hearings, doctrine. A research publication of the SMU Corporate Governance Initiative at the Cox School of Business and the Dedman School of Law. |
| ISSUE NO. 14 |
Sunday, August 16, 2026 |
Week in Review |
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Four opinions in eight days — and Chancery’s first word on Revlon and the public benefit corporation.
The Texas Business Court signed four opinions between August 5 and August 12, carrying the corpus to 121 published opinions through 2026 Tex. Bus. 58 (register re-read at release, August 16). This issue treats all four in full from the signed PDFs, with paragraph citations — then opens the Delaware file.
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In re Radical Hoops · 2026 Tex. Bus. 55
A removed Rule 202 pre-suit deposition petition — and the court keeps it.
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CAM Industrial Solutions v. Brown & Root · 2026 Tex. Bus. 56
A claim-preclusion architecture across parallel suits.
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Carrington v. Corsi · 2026 Tex. Bus. 57
Conversion of uncertificated LLC interests.
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Clean Hydrogen Works v. Denbury Carbon Solutions · 2026 Tex. Bus. 58
A comity line drawn at the state border.
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The Delaware file · Drakes Landing v. Tilden Park
The Court of Chancery’s first word on Revlon and the public benefit corporation — and the Texas statutory comparison it invites.
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Plus the week’s new petitions and the hearing calendar. Every claim carries a link to the primary source — the signed opinion, the docket, or the filing.
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smucgi.org/hilltop-docket/2026-08-16
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