This week, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases. On Tuesday, the Court sat in Austin; on Wednesday, the Court had [...]
This week’s oral argument sitting [Nov. 9-10, 2010]
November 12th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Case Notes
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.
Tags: Order Lists
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.
Tags: Elections
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.) [...]
Tags: Elections
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 [...]
Tags: Order Lists
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 [...]
Tags: Order Lists
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 [...]
Tags: Elections
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 [...]
Tags: Order Lists
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.
Tags: Case Notes
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 [...]
Tags: News and Links
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 [...]
Tags: Order Lists
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 [...]

