With its orders list today, the Texas Supreme Court did not choose any new cases for argument or issue opinions. But it did reshuffle [...]

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The Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list, but it granted rehearing in a case about how the statute of frauds applies [...]

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In light of today’s acceptance of the direct appeal in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth case, I wanted to write a little more about [...]

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This seems as good a day as any to talk about the Justices’ output last Term.

We know how many signed opinions each Justice wrote as [...]

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It’s been nearly three months since the start of the Texas Supreme Court’s fiscal-year term. How are things going at the one-quarter mark?

As of [...]

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If you want to cite Wikipedia in an appellate brief, how can you be sure what article your reader will see next month or even the next day?

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New rules should make it easier to get early interlocutory review of key issues in a case.

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The Texas Supreme Court has been telling us that e-filing would move from “voluntary” to mandatory this fall. Now, the Court has set the [...]

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Last Friday, Texas Lawyer published a helpful article: “Common Blunders in Texas Supreme Court Briefs”. It was written by Martha Lackritz, who just finished [...]

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court released its fall argument calendar through mid-November.

The Court also formally accepted the Fifth Circuit’s invitation to answer [...]

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As this post appears this morning, I’m standing up to speak at the Advanced Administrative Law Conference in Austin. (If you’re there, then hello!)

My [...]

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I will not be posting about the Friday orders list this week or next. You are on your own until June 22nd, when I [...]

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