Appellate Litigation

Appellate Litigation

We have briefed and argued dozens of complicated appellate matters. Whether we tried the underlying case or not, we represent clients in appeals before state and federal courts of appeals and supreme courts. Whether you are the appellant or the appellee, we are poised and ready to handle your case.

  • Susan Travis has worked on multiple appeals in the Texas appellate system.
  • Lyn Robbins has appeared in courts of appeals in multiple states; has successfully argued before several federal courts of appeals and two state supreme courts; and has briefed cases before the United States Supreme Court, multiple state supreme courts, and various federal and state courts of appeals.
  • Representative significant appellate matters for the lawyers of Robbins Travis include:
    • James E. Phillips v. BNSF Railway Co. – Supreme Court of Texas – 385 S.W.3d 908
    • BNSF Railway Co. v. John Giza – Supreme Court of Iowa – 843 N.W.2d 713
    • Alizon Veit v. BNSF Railway Co. – Supreme Court of Washington – 249 P.3d 607
    • Alexander Lanham v. BNSF Railway Co. – Supreme Court of Nebraska – 939 N.W.2d 363
    • David Rentz v. BNSF Railway Co., Supreme Court of North Dakota, 952 N.W.2d 47
    • Kenneth McDaniel v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – Supreme Court of Tennessee – 955 S.W.2d 257
    • Joe M. Hathaway et al. v. First Family Financial Services, Inc. – Supreme Court of Tennessee – 1 S.W.3d 634
    • City of Carthage v. Union Pacific Railroad – United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit – 61 F.4th 565
    • Gary Epple v. BNSF Railway Co. – United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – 785 Fed. Appx. 219
    • Joseph McKennon v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 56 F.3d 64
    • William Harmon v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 110 F.3d 364
    • Emmett Coomer v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 97 F.3d 1451
    • Barney Sissom v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 7572
    • Highland Pines Nursing & Rehab v. Shakeitha Wiley – Texas Court of Appeals – 496 S.W.3d 804
    • BNSF Railway Co. v. Gary Epple – Texas Court of Appeals – 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 12730
    • BNSF Railway Co. v. Stacy Wipff – Texas Court of Appeals – 408 S.W.3d 662
    • Randall Jordan v. CSX Transportation, Inc. – Tennessee Court of Appeals – 2001 Tenn. App. LEXIS 250
    • Laura Melton v. BNSF Railway Co. – Tennessee Court of Appeals – 322 S.W.3d 174