As a follow-up to my mention Thursday about the editorial in the Austin American Statesman about Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht’s $447,000 legal defense fund, here is a link to the consumer organization Texas Watch. Texas Watch has done a study of Justice Hecht’s rulings on cases involving law firms that donated to his legal defense fund. According to the study, Justice Hecht has ruled in favor of his contributors an astounding 89% of the time. The Texas Watch article has a link to the case decisions involving the largest contributors.
