General Tire, Inc., Petitioner v. Kenneth Kepple, A/n/f of Kyle E. Kepple, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded to reinstate the protective order protecting General Tire's discovery, holding that the district court improperly applied Rule 76a procedures to the threshold determination of whether unfiled discovery is a “court record” and that Rule 76a decisions are reviewed for abuse of discretion. Justice Spector, joined by Justice Hankinson, concurred in part and dissented in part regarding the adjustment documents.