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Brookshire Brothers v. Aldridge: preservation duties

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The Texas Supreme Court's spoliation framework: the duty to preserve, the breach analysis, and the prejudice requirement for sanctions, with the preservation-letter and litigation-hold practice that implements it.

Status

Legal status
Decided
Allegation or finding
Finding or order
Applicability
Texas litigants facing spoliation questions
Enforceability
Binding per its terms
Effective date
Decided July 3, 2014
Law checked through
October 12, 2026
Primary-source pinpoint
438 S.W.3d 9 (Tex. 2014)
Citation
Brookshire Bros., Ltd. v. Aldridge, 438 S.W.3d 9 (Tex. 2014), No. 10-0846
Source
438 S.W.3d 9 (Tex. 2014)

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