In today’s order list, the Court decided three cases and also dismissed as moot the pending Clear Channel mandamus petition.

Three merits decisions

Two of them are medical-malpractice expert cases citing the Court’s recent In re McAllen Medical Center — to reach opposite conclusions.

In re Roberts, No. 05-0362.. In this case, the trial court granted the [...]

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In today’s order list:

Two Decisions

Guitar Holding Company, L.P. v. Hudspeth County Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, No. 06-0904. Justice Medina delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. This is a case about water-permit applications in which the Court held that the district had exceeded its statutory authority. In re Zandi, No. 07-0919 (per [...]

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The Court issued two decisions (split into five opinions) and set no new cases for argument in today’s order list.

The cases decided were:

Providence Health Center v. Dowell, No. 05-0386, consolidated with, Pettit v. Dowell, No. 05-0788, a set of medical-malpractice appeals out of the Waco Court. In re Team Rocket, L.P., No. 06-0414, a mandamus action [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court issued six merits decisions with today’s order list, as well as a revised opinion in another case that was issued along with a denial of a motion for rehearing.

Updated: Just to clear up one possible confusion that may be afflicting some corporate readers or traders: This afternoon the Court wasis [...]

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

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The Court issued two opinions with today’s order list, the long-discussed case Perry Homes v. Cull and a slightly revised opinion on rehearing in Igal v. Brighstar Information Technology Group, Inc..

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It was a quiet order list from the Texas Supreme Court this week, with just a handful of petition denials. No new cases were set for argument, and no other extraordinary orders were issued.

If you’re curious, the most recent weekly order list without at least one new opinion was handed down on March 14th. [...]

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The Texas Supreme Court issued six decisions with today’s order list. 

Medical-malpractice sanctions

Three of today’s six decisions involved the question whether a defendant in a medical-malpractice suit can immediately appeal the trial court’s refusal to award sanctions when the plaintiffs nonsuit a case. The Court ultimately held that, yes, such an order was subject to [...]

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With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued 11 decisions.

Medical Malpractice

A glance at the list of cases shows a strong medical theme — and, indeed, nine are medical-malpractice cases. In Lewis v. Funderburk, No. 06-0518, the Court decided a key question about interlocutory appeals of inadequate expert reports that had divided the courts [...]

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The court’s order list for this week is available here.

The Court issued two opinions, one a per curiam and the other authored by Justice Brister. In Ansell Health Care Products & Becton, Dickinson, and Co. v. Owens & Minor, Inc., and Minor Medical, Inc., No. 06-0386, the court issued a per curiam opinion reversing the [...]

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