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No opinions today; two amici granted argument time

Posted on September 10, 2010
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or accept any new cases for review. The Court did grant motions to [...]

No opinions today; two amici granted argument time [Sep. 10, 2010]

Posted on September 10, 2010
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or accept any new cases for review. The Court did grant motions to [...]

No opinions today; XTO Energy case dismissed [Sep. 3, 2010]

Posted on September 03, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list. But one order of note was the (unopposed) dismissal of XTO Energy v. [...]

SCOTX-related programs in Austin this week

Posted on September 01, 2010
This Thursday and Friday, the State Bar is holding its Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (which has generated the mouthful of a Twitter hashtag #advcivapp10). Three [...]

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Seven decisions today; the Court revisits last Term?s most divided case (Marks v. St. Luke?s) [Aug. 27, 2010]

Posted on August 27, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court has just released its final Friday set of opinions for the fiscal year (which ends in August). I’m at a conference today, [...]

Getting ready for year-end orders; check your scorecard

Posted on August 22, 2010
In Austin, August arrives with a weather forecast of 100-degree days. It leaves with the flurry of opinions the Texas Supreme Court traditionally issues [...]

Curious why you got an unsolicited email lobbying about the disciplinary rules this week?

Posted on August 20, 2010
Texas Lawyer explains the basic reason in “Bar Turns Over 63,000 Member Email Addresses to Law Student”. As the headline suggests, someone filed an [...]

Two decisions, three new grants, and a whole mess of petition denials [Aug. 20, 2010]

Posted on August 20, 2010
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court: issued two decisions, including one about the jury charge in deficiency-judgment cases, which should be of interest to [...]

Appellate clerkship positions available in Houston

Posted on August 17, 2010
I wanted to pass along an unusual set of job opportunities for readers in the Houston area who are interesting in making a transition to [...]

SCOTX denies Judge Keller?s request for relief

Posted on August 16, 2010
Today is the first day of the Court’s long conference after returning from a short summer break. And it wasted no time issuing a [...]

Quiet orders; a helpful precedent for litigants who need emergency relief [Aug. 13, 2010]

Posted on August 13, 2010
It was another fairly quiet summer orders list, with no opinions issued or new cases granted review. The Texas Supreme Court can issue emergency relief even [...]

Texas Supreme Court accepts certified question in oil and gas case [Aug. 6, 2010]

Posted on August 06, 2010
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court formally accepted a certified question from the Fifth Circuit in O. Lee Tawes III v. Doris Barnes, [...]

Judge Sharon Keller?s petition to the Texas Supreme Court

Posted on July 30, 2010
In re The Honorable Sharon Keller, No. 10-0566 Today, Judge Sharon Keller filed a petition asking the Texas Supreme Court to vacate and expunge the “public [...]

Another quiet summer orders list [Jul. 30, 2010]

Posted on July 30, 2010
Today brought another quiet orders list during the Court’s summer break. The Court’s next scheduled conference begins on August 16, 2010.

Certified question about oil & gas royalties

Posted on July 29, 2010
In re Moose Oil & Gas Co., No. 08-40480 (5th Cir.) (per curiam) Today, the Fifth Circuit certified a set of questions to the Texas Supreme [...]

First observations about next year?s calendar

Posted on July 23, 2010
The Court’s online calendar has now been updated to show argument sittings and conferences planned for the next term. It shows the expected burst of conferences [...]

Quiet orders list [Jul. 23, 2010]

Posted on July 23, 2010
As expected, it was a quiet orders list today. The Court’s next scheduled conference begins on August 16, 2010.

Don?t Mess With Texas Supreme Court Justice Medina

Posted on July 21, 2010
If you think sparring with a judge during oral argument is tough, try sparring with a judge in a gym, in a sport featuring spin [...]

Some blog design changes for easier reading

Posted on July 21, 2010
As regular readers know, the Texas Supreme Court is on its summer break. The fall calendar is set, and the next conference of the [...]

Federal lawsuit against the Texas Supreme Court goes out with a whimper

Posted on July 20, 2010
Earlier this year, the Marketing on Hold case (DocketDB) got some unusual attention when the Respondent (a putative class representative) filed a federal lawsuit, arguing [...]

Recent Fifth Circuit decision about Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Posted on July 20, 2010
Last summer, the Texas Supreme Court issued its first decision about the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In Pastor Rick Barr and Philemon Homes, Inc. v. [...]

Fall argument schedule announced [Jul. 16, 2010]

Posted on July 16, 2010
With today’s otherwise quiet orders list, the Texas Supreme Court announced its fall argument calendar for September and October. September September 14, 2010 Anglo-Dutch Petroleum International, Inc. and Anglo-Dutch (Tenge) L.L.C. v. Greenberg Peden, P...

No opinions; Green Party ballot-access challenge dismissed as moot [July 9, 2010]

Posted on July 09, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list. One order of note: The Green Party of Texas’ mandamus petition (In re Deb Shafto, et al., No. 10-0487 (docket and briefs)) was dismissed as moot, after the Democratic Party agreed this week to drop its challenge to the presence of Green [...

Study compares reading on e-readers, monitors, and paper

Posted on July 06, 2010
Jakob Nielsen has released a study of how people experience reading on different devices — the iPad, the Kindle, a computer screen, and a paper book. (If you’ve seen Robert Dubose’s talk about “Legal Writing for the Rewired Brain,” you may remember the striking F-shaped reading pattern, showing how readers’ eyes skipped across a web [...

Stay issued allowing the Green Party to (at least temporarily) be listed on the ballot

Posted on July 02, 2010
In re Deb Shafto, Herb Gonzales, Jr., Edward Lindsay, Art Browning, Christine Morshedi, and the Green Party of Texas, No. 10-0487 (docket) This afternoon, the Texas Supreme Court issued a stay to the Green Party of Texas, suspending the injunction that was preventing it from certifying candidates for today’s general-election ballot deadline...

Busy orders list before the summer break: 8 sets of opinions, 2 new grants [Jul. 2, 2010]

Posted on July 02, 2010
The calendar does not lie. It hinted that the Court might have a flurry of activity before the summer break. And it did, issuing opinions in eight cases with today’s orders list and selecting two new cases to be argued this fall. As of 9:00 am, there has been no decision in the Green Party [...

Update on the Green Party mandamus petition

Posted on June 29, 2010
In re Deb Shafto, Herb Gonzales, Jr., Edward Lindsay, Art Browning, Christine Morshedi, and the Green Party of Texas, No. 10-0487 (docket) Last week, a district court ruled in favor of the Texas Democratic Party in a challenge to the Green Party’s attempt to get its nominees on the fall statewide ballot...

Final conference today; last orders expected Friday

Posted on June 28, 2010
According to the Texas Supreme Court’s online calendar (available here), today is the last conference of the Justices until August 16th. We can expect any opinions approved today to be released with this Friday’s orders list, along with (perhaps) more petitions granted review...

Cattle rustling and exemplary damages [Jun. 25, 2010]

Posted on June 25, 2010
The Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in three cases with today’s orders list. It also chose one new petition to be argued this fall. The issues the Court addressed today included: (1) when the constitutional ratio for exemplary damages has to be applied and when it can be exceeded (the cattle-rustling case), (2) when litigation [...

Yesterday?s program on appellate issues for corporate counsel

Posted on June 25, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section hosted a seminar for in-house and counsel and appellate lawyers. There were six panels covering a wide range of topics, from when you need to seek appellate counsel to how to structure fees in a way that works for everyone...

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