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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On the Court’s calendar this week:

Monday and Tuesday: The calendar shows a private conference of the Justices. This is the Court’s first formal conference [...]

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On the Court’s calendar this week:

Through Wednesday: The calendar shows the Texas Center for the Judiciary’s annual judicial conference. You can read more [...]

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Here’s what is on the Court’s calendar for this week:

Labor Day (Monday)

The state bar’s Advanced Civil Appellate Seminar (Thursday & Friday). Three of the [...]

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Here’s what is on the Court’s calendar for this week:

Last Day of the Fiscal Year (Wednesday): August 31st is the end of the fiscal year [...]

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It’s the last full week of the Term, so I’m expecting a busy Friday. The Court released a bunch of new briefing requests. And I discover the jurisprudence of cartoon animals.

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Here’s what is on the Court’s calendar for this week:

Conference (Tuesday): This is the Court’s first private conference in more than a month. I [...]

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Because the Court is slowing down for the summer, I’m taking a break from my regular “weekly preview” posts. There just isn’t much on [...]

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The Court has a private conference scheduled today, its first since May 12th.

This starts a new pattern for the month of June, with a conference [...]

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The Court is closed today for the Memorial Day holiday. There are no other events scheduled before this Friday’s regular order list.

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The Court’s calendar shows an event that may take several Justices’ time this week (an American Law Institute (ALI) meeting Monday through Wednesday). Because [...]

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This morning is the swearing-in ceremony for Texas lawyers who passed the February 2009 bar exam. Also today, the Texas Supreme Court begins a [...]

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