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Entries from August 2010

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

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments

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, [...]

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Tags: Order Lists

Getting ready for year-end orders; check your scorecard

August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Practice Notes

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

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: News and Links

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

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Order Lists

Appellate clerkship positions available in Houston

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments

I wanted to pass along an unusual set of job opportunities for readers in the Houston area who are interested in making a transition to [...]

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Tags: News and Links

SCOTX denies Judge Keller’s request for relief

August 16th, 2010 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Case Notes

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

August 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Order Lists

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

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments

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, [...]

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Tags: Order Lists