The Court did not issue weekly orders today. The last orders were issued on December 22, 2011.

There was something interesting in that last [...]

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The Court’s orders list today did not include any opinions or choose any new cases for oral argument.

According to the Court’s online calendar, next Friday [...]

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

It did grant one motion for divided [...]

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This seems as good a day as any to talk about the Justices’ output last Term.

We know how many signed opinions each Justice wrote as [...]

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It’s been nearly three months since the start of the Texas Supreme Court’s fiscal-year term. How are things going at the one-quarter mark?

As of [...]

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In re Allcat Claims Service, L.P. and John Weakly, No. 11-0589

The Texas Constitution prohibits the Legislature from imposing an income tax unless the voters of [...]

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We’re expecting the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in the Allcat case soon — really soon.

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one opinion, dismissed a case that had been set for argument, and granted a motion to [...]

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If you want to cite Wikipedia in an appellate brief, how can you be sure what article your reader will see next month or even the next day?

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The Texas Supreme Court will not be releasing its regular weekly orders today because the state courts are closed for Veterans Day.

Next Monday, the Justices [...]

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I’ve written before about the Allcat Claims Service, L.P. v. Susan Combs, No. 11-0589, challenge to the Texas margins tax, which was argued to the [...]

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Appellate motions for rehearing are a challenge. You need to convey that the Justices have made a critical error, without crossing an invisible line [...]

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