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Imagine a Fifth Circuit courtroom…

Judge: What do you do about Morgan? Phipps: I don’t, I don’t, I don’t know Morgan, Your Honor. Judge: You don’t know Morgan? Phipps: Nope. Judge: You haven’t read it? Phipps: I try not [...]

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The Texas Appellate Law Blog writes Tuesday about the proposed rule changes that were circulated by the Court a few weeks ago. The proposed rules are here.

I largely agree with Todd’s comments but wanted to add a few thoughts about some of the proposed rules.

A proposed new TRAP 38.1(e) expressly authorizes counsel to include [...]

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It looks like there may only be one slot left for a case to be argued this term.

In its March 7, 2008 order list, the Supreme Court of Texas set two cases to be argued on April 22, 2008 in Lubbock (at Texas Tech). And that’s the last scheduled oral-argument date on the Court’s [...]

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A friend pointed out to me that there is a new job listing on the Supreme Court of Texas website for a “Central Staff Attorney.” This job title is new for the Court — indeed, this listing (unlike the other listings on the page) does not currently link to a PDF file providing more [...]

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In re Karyl Anderson Krug, No. 08-0082. This petition for mandamus relief was denied in today’s order list — just two days after it was filed. This is another election-related case. This one concerns an allegation that a candidate is improperly using the title “judge” in campaign materials. The Texas Lawyer [...]

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This post looks ahead slightly past next week’s argument sitting to see how the Court’s February argument calendar is shaping up.

The Court has set only five cases for February’s nine potential argument slots. And this Friday, January 11th, is the last regular order list remaining at least 21 days before the Court’s scheduled sitting [...]

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When the Texas Supreme Court started posting an online calendar,1 I was excited. The calendar showed a full set of conference dates for the Court, which would give a clue to practitioners about when the Court might meet to evaluate petitions—and thus a clue about the practical deadlines for amicus briefs or other filings.

Examining [...]

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