With today’s orders list (earlier post), the Court also chose six cases for oral argument.

Wendell Reeder v. Wood County Energy, LLC; Wood County [...]

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A recent issue of Texas Lawyer includes the article “Family Law Council Files Rare Amicus Over Mediation Issue”.

The case is In re Stephanie Lee, No. [...]

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The Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list, but it granted rehearing in a case about how the statute of frauds applies [...]

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In today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court chose a new case for argument later this year — a (rare) direct appeal, this one raising [...]

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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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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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New Fifth Circuit blog

David Coale, former head of the State Bar appellate section, has started a new blog about the Fifth Circuit. It’s called [...]

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court granted review in four new cases.

Earlier this month, the Court heard [...]

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Severance v. Patterson, No. 09-0387

One of the highest-profile cases last term concerned the Texas Open Beaches Act — asking if the State could claim a [...]

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