Texas Supreme Court Bails Out Bob Perry
Alex Winslow, Executive Director of Texas Watch, released the following statement: âAfter years of forcing consumers into a lopsided binding arbitration process, the Court today carved out a special decision for the man who gives the Court more campaign cash than any other individual in the state...âThis decision is little more than a bail out for a major political moneyman, and is the latest in a long line of pro-defendant rulings by our stateâs highest court.â
TEXAS WATCH RELEASE: Texas Supreme Court Bails Out Bob Perry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alex Winslow
May 2, 2008 512-381-1111
Texas Supreme Court Bails Out Bob Perry
Perry Is Courtâs Largest Individual Contributor
AUSTIN
â The Texas Supreme Court issued a controversial and long-awaited decision in a case involving mega-homebuilder and campaign moneyman Bob Perry today. In Perry Homes v. Cull, the Court sided with Perry in a dispute over shoddy construction, vacating a pro-consumer $800,000 arbitrator decision.
This decision has languished at the high Court for nearly three years. In the meantime, the Court has reached nearly a dozen decisions in which the justices ruled against consumers by upholding an arbitratorâs decision.
Alex Winslow, Executive Director of Texas Watch, released the following statement:
âAfter years of forcing consumers into a lopsided binding arbitration process, the Court today carved out a special decision for the man who gives the Court more campaign cash than any other individual in the state.
âSince 2000, Mr. Perry and his family have poured over $135,000 into the justicesâ campaign coffers. HillCo PAC, which is largely controlled by Perry, has thrown in for another $172,000.
âThis decision is little more than a bail out for a major political moneyman, and is the latest in a long line of pro-defendant rulings by our stateâs highest court.â
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