Supreme Court of Texas Blog

This week, the Supreme Court of Texas is traveling to hear oral arguments at Texas Tech in Lubbock.

Oral arguments this week

Tuesday April 22, 2008:

Kerlin v. Sauceda, No. 05-0653, from the Thirteenth Court

This case is a dispute over the ownership of part of Padre Island. As I wrote about before, the appeal largely concerns [...]

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This week, the Court has a private conference scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. Any new decisions, denials, or grants should be released with the Court’s regular Friday order list.

The Court’s next oral-argument sitting is scheduled for April 22nd at Texas Tech School of Law.

Articles from the past week:

“Snippets and Links 4-13-2008″ “Does a Diverse Court [...]

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This week, the Texas Supreme Court does not have a scheduled conference or any oral arguments. The Court is, however, scheduled to issue is regular order list this Friday.

The blog should be much more active this week. I definitely have some catching up to do.

The Court’s next oral-argument sitting (and I believe the [...]

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This week, the Court has a full plate, with a private conference Monday, oral arguments on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and then the regular order list on Friday.

Oral arguments this week:

Tuesday April 1, 2008: Prodigy Communications Corp. v. Agricultural Excess & Surplus Insurance Co., No. 06-0598 [covered here], Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Chemical Lime, [...]

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Last week, the Court had a conference but no (formal) orders list.1 This week, the situation is reversed — the Court has no arguments or conference scheduled, but it is scheduled to again release orders this Friday.

Articles from the past week:

“A Good Friday for Briefing Requests”. The Court requested full briefing in 15 more [...]

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This St. Patrick’s Day week includes some entries on the Court’s calendar —

On both Monday and Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hold a private conference. A sentence like that would normally be followed by my assurance that “any orders or decisions should be reflected on this Friday’s weekly order list.” But… This [...]

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The Court is scheduled to release its regular order list this Friday. There are no conferences or oral arguments scheduled this week.

Articles from the past week:

“Order List of 3-7-2008″ “Nuchia Loses Re-election Bid in Primary” “SCOTX Democratic Primary Results”

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There are no private conferences or oral arguments scheduled this week. The Court is scheduled to release its regular order list on Friday.

But it’s too early to say this will be a quiet week because tomorrow is primary election day here in Texas. If there is time-sensitive news, I will post it to [...]

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The Court has no scheduled private conferences or argument sittings this week. The next round of oral arguments is set to begin on April 1st.

On the blog this week, I will have an article about the Court’s treatment of motions for rehearing (and what clues that might give to lawyers handling similar cases), and [...]

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On Monday, the Texas Supreme Court will be closed in observation of the President’s Day holiday.

On Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hold a private conference. Any opinions finalized this week or new petitions granted should be noted on Friday’s order list.

The Court’s next scheduled oral-argument sitting begins on April 1st.

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