Texas Supreme Court Bails Out Bob Perry

Bob Perry Is Texas Supreme Court’s Largest Individual Contributor

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release September 19, 2008

The Texas Supreme Court recently issued a controversial and long-awaited decision in a case involving mega-homebuilder and campaign moneyman Bob Perry. In Perry Homes v. Cull, the Court sided with Perry in a dispute over shoddy construction, vacating a $800,000 arbitration decision rendered in favor of a homeowner.

This decision has languished at the high Court for nearly three years. In the meantime, the Court has reached nearly a dozen decisions in which the justices ruled against consumers by upholding an arbitrator’s decision.

Alex Winslow, Executive Director of Texas Watch, released the following statement:

“After years of forcing consumers into a lopsided binding arbitration process, the Court today carved out a special decision for the man who gives the Court more campaign cash than any other individual in the state.

“Since 2000, Mr. Perry and his family have poured over $135,000 into the justices’ campaign coffers. HillCo PAC, which is largely controlled by Perry, has thrown in for another $172,000.

“This decision is little more than a bail out for a major political moneyman, and is the latest in a long line of pro-defendant rulings by our state’s highest court.”