By Steve Korris  
Texas Supreme Court

Bexar County District Judge Karen Pozza stepped out of bounds when she ordered Union Pacific Railroad to share rate-setting secrets with personal injury lawyers, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Sept. 25.

Pozza and Fourth District appeals judges in San Antonio thought a confidentiality order would protect Union Pacific trade secrets, but the high court justices feared it might not.

"The trial court did enter an order restricting those who could view the rate structures, but that alone does not ensure that an order will not violate the trade secret privilege," they wrote in an unsigned opinion.

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