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This week’s oral argument sitting [Nov. 9-10, 2010]

November 12th, 2010 · No Comments

This week, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases. On Tuesday, the Court sat in Austin; on Wednesday, the Court had [...]

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Public easements do not always “roll” with the beachfront; grandparent visitation order overturned [Nov. 5, 2010]

November 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Two decisions today: (1) there isn’t a “rolling” easement on Texas beaches after a hurricane and (2) a grandparent visitation order is overturned.

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Texas Supreme Court election returns, and other Texas judicial races

November 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Texas Supreme Court election returns (wins by incumbents Green, Guzman, and Lehrmann). An incumbent loses in Corpus Christi. And Third Court results.

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Early election returns favor all three Texas Supreme Court incumbents

November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Today is election day for three members of the Texas Supreme Court, and the early returns (with 23% of the vote counted at 9:15 p.m.) [...]

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No opinions today [Oct. 29, 2010]

October 29th, 2010 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grant any new cases for review with today’s orders list.

The next argument sitting begins November [...]

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Six merits decisions (including the Robinson asbestos case); an improvident grant; and three new grants [Oct. 22, 2010]

October 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Texas Supreme Court issued six merits decisions with today’s orders list, ordered that a previously granted petition had been improvidently granted, and chose three [...]

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Early voting starts today

October 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Early voting starts today in Texas for all races on the November ballot, including the three seats up for election on the Texas Supreme Court.

So [...]

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No opinions or new grants [Oct. 15, 2010]

October 15th, 2010 · No Comments

After hearing oral arguments this week, the Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list today, with no opinions or new petitions chosen for oral [...]

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October argument sitting: electronic voting machines, credit scoring, and more

October 12th, 2010 · No Comments

(1) electronic voting machines, (2) calculating child-support payments, and (3) racially disparate impacts of credit scoring.

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Chief Judge Keller’s ethics charges dismissed on appeal

October 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Late this afternoon, the special appellate panel issued its decision in the matter of Chief Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

As [...]

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No opinions or petition grants [Oct. 8, 2010]

October 8th, 2010 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or choose any new cases for argument with today’s orders list.

The Court has an argument sitting [...]

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Detailed Texas Supreme Court voting statistics for 2010 term now on DocketDB

October 5th, 2010 · No Comments

You may have seen the “stat pack” offered by SCOTUSblog with voting statistics for the Justices.

Its wedge-shaped voting chart is familiar — and, for a [...]

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