J & D Towing, LLC v. American Alternative Insurance Corp.

in which CHIEF JUSTICE HECHT, JUSTICE GREEN, JUSTICE GUZMAN, JUSTICE LEHRMÁNN, JUSTICE BOYD, JUSTICE DEVINE, and JUSTICE BROWN joined, and in Parts I, II.B, III.C, and IV of which JUSTICE JOHNSON joined.

Nearly a century ago,'a Texas attorney argued that the rule at issue hi this case made it “cheaper to kill a mare in Texas than it is to cripple her.”1 No. American Pharoah 2 herself, this one-eyed, underfed mare lived a simple life.3. One night, however, she was caught roaming the city streets in search of food and was placed in the city pound.4 Her owner failed to pay her board bill5 Thus,…