With both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve falling on Fridays this year, it is no surprise that the Texas Supreme Court has not issued [...]

[Read more →]

With Friday’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued two new decisions that will be important to the Texas tort bar. It also issued [...]

[Read more →]

Yesterday was (now former) Texas Solicitor General Jim Ho’s last day.

The interregnum did not last long. Today, Jonathan Mitchell of George Mason Law School [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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. [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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

[Read more →]

The Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet weekly orders list today, with no opinions or new grants.

[Read more →]