Earlier this week, the Texas Supreme Court requested full briefing on the merits in Brenda Hatton v. D.R. Horton, Inc., No. 10-0221 (DDB). That [...]
Entries from September 2010
Issue: Arbitration clauses in employee handbooks
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Case Notes
Marks (part 2): The Marks case, the Marks rule, and cases without holdings
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments
This is the second of three posts about the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Marks v. St. Luke’s Hospital, No. 07-0783 (DDB). The [...]
Tags: Case Notes
No opinions today [Sep. 24, 2010]
September 24th, 2010 · No Comments
There were no opinions or new petitions granted with today’s Texas Supreme Court orders list.
The Court’s calendar shows a two-day conference of the Justices next [...]
Tags: Order Lists
Marks (part 1): Why the fuss about granting rehearing?
September 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
This is the first of three posts about the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Marks v. St. Luke’s Hospital, No. 07-0783 (DDB).
The Marks decision [...]
Tags: Case Notes
Update on Keller proceedings
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments
You may remember the (ultimately unsuccessful) petition to the Texas Supreme Court recently filed by the Chief Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, [...]
Tags: News and Links
Court to hear case about what duties city construction contractors owe the public [Sep. 17, 2010]
September 17th, 2010 · No Comments
Although the Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list, it did grant rehearing of a previously denied petition for review and set [...]
Tags: Order Lists
First oral argument sitting starts today
September 14th, 2010 · No Comments
The Texas Supreme Court is about to start its first argument sitting of the fall. The cases set for argument are listed below; you [...]
Tags: News and Links
No opinions today; two amici granted argument time [Sep. 10, 2010]
September 10th, 2010 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Order Lists
No opinions today; XTO Energy case dismissed [Sep. 3, 2010]
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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. [...]
Tags: Order Lists
SCOTX-related programs in Austin this week
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments
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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