The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grant any petitions for review with today’s orders list.

The Court is scheduled to meet for a full conference next Monday and Tuesday. The next oral argument sitting will begin on March 23, 2010.

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The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list.

The big event next week is the primary election on Tuesday, March 2nd. See the “2010 Elections” page for links to our candidate Q&As, other news stories, and newspaper endorsements.

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With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued merits opinions in four pending cases.

Adequacy of class representative

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Marketing on Hold, Inc., No. 05-0748 (docket and briefs). This is the very same case in which the class representative filed suit against the Justices of the Texas Supreme Court last week. [...]

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With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued three per curiam decisions and granted review in six new cases that will be heard at oral argument in March.

The trend continues. There are still no dissenting or concurring opinions on the merits this term at the Texas Supreme Court. And another Justice notes [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grant any new cases for review in today’s order list.

The Court is scheduled to hold a two-day private conference next week, so there may be more to report next Friday.

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This week’s orders list was not accompanied by any opinions or new grants.

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With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one per curiam opinion that was a routine application of a holding it made last year about preserving error in parental-termination cases.

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With today’s order list, the Court set six new cases for argument, filling out its February argument sitting in the process.

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The Texas Supreme Court handed down three opinions with today’s order list and filled out its February argument calendar with new grants.1

Today’s opinions involved jurisdiction over out-of-state corporate officers, the reasons that a trial court must give to grant a new trial, and what happens if a district court with exclusive jurisdiction tries to transfer [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court began the year with a quiet order list. There were no opinions issued or new petitions granted review.

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The Texas Supreme Court issued four opinions with today’s order list. It did not set any new cases for argument.

According to the Court’s online calendar, this is the last regular order list of 2009. The next regular orders are scheduled for January 8, 2010.

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In this week’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions and set one new case for argument in February.

Today’s opinions involved:

whether the same “eight corners” rule that governs an insurer’s duty to provide a legal defense might also get the insurer off the hook for its coverage obligation [it doesn't]; the “producing cause” standard [...]

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