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Entries from February 2008

Order List of 2-29-2008: Grimes Construction

February 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 2-29-2008: Grimes Construction

Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued one new decision — a summary application of one of last year’s more divisive insurance cases.

No new petitions were […]

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More Focus on Court Backlog [Corrected]

February 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on More Focus on Court Backlog [Corrected]

The local ABC affiliate in Dallas had an extended news story about the Court’s backlog that included interviews with Chief Justice Jefferson and Justice Wainwright.

The […]

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Federal Suit Challenging Texas Med-Mal Caps

February 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A federal declaratory-judgment suit was filed yesterday challenging whether the Texas medical-malpractice caps violate the federal constitution. The suit was filed in Marshall and […]

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Texas MDL Panel Consolidates Ford Cases

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Texas MDL Panel Consolidates Ford Cases

In its first consolidation order since September of last year, the Multidistrict Litigation Panel has combined 77 lawsuits against Ford pending in 28 Texas counties. […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Last Week’s New Briefing Requests

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Last Week’s New Briefing Requests

Late last week ((These requests were made on Thursday, which was too late to appear on the Court’s weekly event report database printout. They […]

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Preview for Week of 2-25-2008

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 2-25-2008

The Court has no scheduled private conferences or argument sittings this week. The next round of oral arguments is set to begin on April […]

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Cases in the News 2-23-2008

February 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 2-23-2008

The Houston Chronicle reports on the Waller school bonds litigation. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court denied the pending petition for mandamus in In […]

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Order List for 2-22-2008: Rehearing Granted in El Paso Hospital District

February 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for 2-22-2008: Rehearing Granted in El Paso Hospital District

Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued a short order list that included only one opinion — granting the pending motion for rehearing and issuing a […]

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Tags: Order Lists