I’ve set up a new Archives Page that displays all of the blog’s previous posts by date or by category.

Whenever you want to scan our older posts, the “Archives” link can be found on the right-hand side of the menu bar.

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I’ve just moved the blog to a new hosting provider. In theory, everything should work just the same. If you experience any problems with the website or your RSS feeds over the next few days, please let me know.

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Some of you may have tuned in on Friday to see my coverage of last week’s extensive order list.

I left town very early Friday for a family emergency. I’m still needed there, and with some case deadlines looming next week, I may not be posting for just a little while.

If there’s something you think [...]

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You might have noticed a new heading in the sidebar — “Cases in the News” — collecting stories about Texas Supreme Court cases published on other blogs, newspapers, and journals.1

These links are stored by DocketDB and are part of my ongoing effort to automate myself out of a blogging job. DocketDB already reports the [...]

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You can now get SCOTXblog by email.

Your email address:

The fastest updates will still come through the RSS feed. But the emails will give you a digest of the most recent posts.

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A year ago this week, I hit “publish” on a short introductory post. Since then, I have (apparently) cranked out 267 more posts — which, through the ups and downs of activity at the Court, has been about once per weekday.

That’s more often than I thought I would write. But, it turns out, the easiest [...]

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This blog often mentions the Texas Supreme Court’s new requests for full briefing on the merits, which, as court watchers know, can signal what issues are on the Court’s radar.

There is a new way to follow those requests and find cases that matter to you. In the blog’s left-hand sidebar is a list of [...]

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If you are a regular reader of the blog, you may have noticed the sudden drop in postings last week. While the Court was active, the blog went quiet and did so without explanation.

Last week, I put aside the blog — and the practice of law as a whole — to spend time with [...]

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This is a blog about Texas appellate practice, with a special focus on the Supreme Court of Texas.Goals for the BlogThe blog is written for a sophisticated audience: Texas lawyers and their clients.  It will be of obvious interest to appellate lawyers who practice before the Court.  It should be equally useful to practitioners in [...]

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