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Covers Texas appellate practice, with a special focus on the Supreme Court of Texas.
By Don Cruse, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 28, 2011 at 11:39:31

Quiet orders list today [Dec. 10, 2010]

Posted on December 10, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or select new cases for argument with today’s orders list. The Justices have a private conference next [...]

Lessons for Texas appellate lawyers in the latest SCOTX statistics

Posted on December 08, 2010
Last week, the Office of Court Administration released its official 2010 statistics page. On that list is the “Supreme Court Activity” document that is [...]

A Texas concurrence makes the Washington op-ed pages

Posted on December 06, 2010
First, Justice Willett’s concurring opinion in the Robinson case attracted attention from notable appellate geeks and other geeks more likely to read Wired for the [...]

Nine sets of opinions and three grants [Dec. 3, 2010]

Posted on December 03, 2010
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued nine sets of opinions and granted three new cases for review. This post discusses the new grants. [...]

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SCOTX accepts the homestead-exemption case

Posted on November 24, 2010
With an unscheduled orders list today, the Texas Supreme Court accepted the Fifth Circuit’s certified question about the Texas homestead exemption. The question boils down [...]

No opinions or new grants today [Nov. 19, 2010]

Posted on November 19, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list today, with no opinions or new cases chosen for review. With the Thanksgiving holiday next week, the [...]

Can the Texas homestead exemption be set aside if the debtor made a misrepresentation?

Posted on November 17, 2010
In a case that is an unfortunate reflection of the times, the Texas Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether the Texas Constitution’s homestead [...]

SCOTX extends its electronic-briefing order to motion practice

Posted on November 15, 2010
Effective Monday, virtually all papers filed with the Texas Supreme Court must be accompanied by a PDF. (Only motions to extend time are excluded.)

This week?s oral argument sitting [Nov. 9-10, 2010]

Posted on November 12, 2010
This week, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases. On Tuesday, the Court sat in Austin; on Wednesday, the Court had [...]

No opinions or new grants [Nov. 12, 2010]

Posted on November 12, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet weekly orders list today, with no opinions or new grants.

Public easements do not always ?roll? with the beachfront; grandparent visitation order overturned [Nov. 5, 2010]

Posted on November 05, 2010
Two decisions today: (1) there isn't a "rolling" easement on Texas beaches after a hurricane and (2) a grandparent visitation order is overturned.

Texas Supreme Court election returns, and other Texas judicial races

Posted on November 03, 2010
Texas Supreme Court election returns (wins by incumbents Green, Guzman, and Lehrmann). An incumbent loses in Corpus Christi. And Third Court results.

Early election returns favor all three Texas Supreme Court incumbents

Posted on November 02, 2010
Today is election day for three members of the Texas Supreme Court, and the early returns (with 23% of the vote counted at 9:15 p.m.) [...]

No opinions today [Oct. 29, 2010]

Posted on October 29, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grant any new cases for review with today’s orders list. The next argument sitting begins November [...]

Six merits decisions (including the Robinson asbestos case); an improvident grant; and three new grants [Oct. 22, 2010]

Posted on October 22, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court issued six merits decisions with today’s orders list, ordered that a previously granted petition had been improvidently granted, and chose three [...]

Early voting starts today

Posted on October 18, 2010
Early voting starts today in Texas for all races on the November ballot, including the three seats up for election on the Texas Supreme Court. So [...]

No opinions or new grants [Oct. 15, 2010]

Posted on October 15, 2010
After hearing oral arguments this week, the Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list today, with no opinions or new petitions chosen for oral [...]

October argument sitting: electronic voting machines, net-worth discovery, credit scoring, and more

Posted on October 12, 2010
(1) electronic voting machines, (2) calculating child-support payments, (3) net worth discovery, and (4) racially disparate impacts of credit scoring.

Chief Judge Keller?s ethics charges dismissed on appeal

Posted on October 11, 2010
Late this afternoon, the special appellate panel issued its decision in the matter of Chief Judge Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. As you [...]

No opinions or petition grants [Oct. 8, 2010]

Posted on October 08, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or choose any new cases for argument with today’s orders list. The Court has an argument sitting [...]

Detailed Texas Supreme Court voting statistics for 2010 term now on DocketDB

Posted on October 05, 2010
You may have seen the “stat pack” offered by SCOTUSblog with voting statistics for the Justices. Its wedge-shaped voting chart is familiar — and, for a [...]

Texas lottery winnings assignable; Tort Claims Act notice doesn?t need to be filed pre-suit [Oct. 1, 2010]

Posted on October 01, 2010
Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued its first opinions of the new term. All were unanimous; all but one were per curiam opinions. [...]

Marks (part 2): The Marks case, the Marks rule, and cases without holdings

Posted on September 30, 2010
This is the second of three posts about the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Marks v. St. Luke’s Hospital, No. 07-0783 (DDB). The [...]

Issue: Arbitration clauses in employee handbooks

Posted on September 30, 2010
Earlier this week, the Texas Supreme Court requested full briefing on the merits in Brenda Hatton v. D.R. Horton, Inc., No. 10-0221 (DDB). That [...]

No opinions today [Sep. 24, 2010]

Posted on September 24, 2010
There were no opinions or new petitions granted with today’s Texas Supreme Court orders list. The Court’s calendar shows a two-day conference of the Justices next [...]

Marks (part 1): Why the fuss about granting rehearing?

Posted on September 22, 2010
This is the first of three posts about the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Marks v. St. Luke’s Hospital, No. 07-0783 (DDB). The Marks decision [...]

Update on Keller proceedings

Posted on September 21, 2010
You may remember the (ultimately unsuccessful) petition to the Texas Supreme Court recently filed by the Chief Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, [...]

Court to hear case about what duties city construction contractors owe the public [Sep. 24, 2010]

Posted on September 17, 2010
Although the Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list, it did grant rehearing of a previously denied petition for review and set [...]

Court to hear case about what duties city construction contractors owe the public [Sep. 17, 2010]

Posted on September 17, 2010
Although the Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list, it did grant rehearing of a previously denied petition for review and set [...]

First oral argument sitting starts today

Posted on September 14, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court is about to start its first argument sitting of the fall. The cases set for argument are listed below; you [...]

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