Sabre Travel International, Ltd., Petitioner v. Deutsche Lufthansa Ag, Austrian Airlines Ag, Brussels Airlines…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that a denial of a permissive interlocutory appeal by an intermediate appellate court does not bar the Court’s jurisdiction to review the merits of the underlying interlocutory order, and it affirmed that the Airline Deregulation Act does not preempt Lufthansa’s tortious interference claim because the claim does not relate to airline prices, routes, or services. Justice Green delivered the opinion, and the Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of Sabre’s Rule 91a motion to dismiss.