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Sisney, the suit Gray filed in the 457th and kept there", "rule": "TEC and county contribution rows joined by name; counsel of record from the docket. The site owner's spouse is defence counsel in that case — the page says so.", "chip": "record"}, {"to": "/bond", "big": "8 of 19", "lab": "firms on the road-bond award roll gave to the officials who vote the work — $133,850, 49.6% of every PAC dollar filed. The $480M programme passed by 615 votes.", "rule": "Award roll from the Notice of Awards page; gifts from the county reports where the contributor is the firm, its PAC, or names the firm as employer.", "chip": "derived"}, {"to": "/insurance", "big": "2 of 1,310", "lab": "cases with an insurance carrier as a party were decided by a jury. 855 ended in dismissal — in an injury suit that is usually a settlement the docket never shows — 168 by a judgment order, 258 left for federal court. State Farm alone is a party in 405 cases under 111 spellings.", "rule": "A disposition label says how a case ended, never who won. Carrier families are an exact name map; a jury verdict is counted only when the docket says so.", "chip": "derived"}, {"to": "/church", "big": "$55,689", "lab": "of campaign money paid to churches and church schools; the largest single campaign, Mark Keough, paid $27,477", "rule": "Campaign expenditures whose payee is a church, church school or ministry by name; sponsorships, not contributions.", "chip": "record"}, {"to": "/land", "big": "108", "lab": "condemnation suits filed in 2026 so far, against 80 in all of 2021 — 50 of them in July alone. The biggest condemnor is State Of Texas (77 suits); Montgomery County itself has filed 21.", "rule": "Case type contains 'Eminent Domain' in the Odyssey civil index, all courts, 2021 to date; condemnor is the first-named plaintiff.", "chip": "record"}, {"to": "/towing", "big": "9 of 9", "lab": "seats on the county's towing advisory board are held by people from towing companies on the county rotation; 24 of the 445 people the court has appointed to any board gave to a member of the court, $30,813 in all", "rule": "Board roster hand-read from the minutes; company ties from the Comptroller's officer records and the minutes; gifts from the county reports.", "chip": "derived"}, {"to": "/compare", "big": "87%", "lab": "of $401,441 in appointment fees approved by Judge Riley went to twelve appointees; the top one, Maureen Ball, was approved $65,939", "rule": "OCA appointment and fee reports, FY2025–FY2026, judges with at least $100,000 approved.", "chip": "derived"}], "venue_official": 7, "church_dollars": 55689, "church_minutes": 458}}