In an interesting decision today, the Texarkana Court issued a writ of mandamus protecting the anonymity of a blogger who had been critical of a [...]

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The recent decision in Entergy Gulf States v. Summers has been the subject of much interest lately. It was given featured treatment in the [...]

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The Court’s calendar shows a private conference scheduled for Monday and (if necessary) Tuesday. Any petitions granted or denied, opinions finalized, or motions disposed [...]

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As expected from the conference schedule, there were no grants in today’s orders. The Court did issue two decisions — one very deeply divided, [...]

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The Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace B. Jefferson, the president of the state bar, and the dean of the UT school of [...]

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According to Harvey Kronberg, the Texas Legislature may be studying legislation that would address a frequent and contentious question of statutory construction — how to [...]

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Rothgery v. Gillespie County to review a decision of the Fifth Circuit about when the Sixth [...]

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This is a blog about Texas appellate practice, with a special focus on the Supreme Court of Texas.Goals for the BlogThe blog is written for [...]

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