I haven’t written much about this year’s elections for the Texas Supreme Court. In 2010, there was an open seat, and it seemed like [...]

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With today’s orders list, the Court issued one opinion and granted one petition for review. For those watching the calendar, the Court is scheduled [...]

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Last Thursday, our local Austin Bar appellate section and the State Bar appellate section co-hosted the 2012 edition of “An Evening with the Texas Supreme [...]

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The Court issued a quiet orders list today, with no opinions and no new cases chosen for review.

The next private conference of the Justices is [...]

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion explaining its March 28th order in the Palomo elections case.

In re Rebecca [...]

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This Thursday (April 26th) is the “Evening with the Texas Supreme Court” reception and panel discussion. And don’t let the name fool you: The [...]

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With Friday’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued six opinions, granted one new petition to be argued this fall, and denied rehearing of a [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list this morning, with no opinions and no new cases chosen for argument.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Advisory [...]

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On Tuesday afternoon, I heard an NPR story about a legal battle in Virginia that reminded me of some cases that will be heard by [...]

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On Wednesday March 28th, the Texas Supreme Court granted a judicial candidate’s request to be restored to the ballot.

The case is In re Rebecca Ramirez [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court released a quiet orders list today, with no opinions or new cases chosen for review.

The next scheduled conference of the Justices [...]

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From the title of this post, you can tell there was quite a bit of activity on today’s orders list.

Due to my own poor planning [...]

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