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, Ltd., No. 06-0911 [covered here], and Financial Industries Corporation v. XL Specialty Insurance Co., No. 07-1059 [covered here]

Wednesday April 2, 2008: In re Caballero, No. 07-0484 [covered here], City of Waco v. Kelly, No. 07-0485 [covered here], and In re Schmitz [covered here]

Articles from the past week:

• “Order List of 3-28-2008 [Details To Follow]“ Unfortunately, the details will be following a little more slowly than I had hoped. I’ll be getting the case summaries up on the blog as I can complete them.

• “More Pro Bono Referrals.” The Court has referred two more cases (its third and fourth overall) to the State Bar’s new pro bono program to aid civil litigants.

• “Justice Willett in George Will’s Column”

• “Osler McCarthy’s Response (and Mine) To Recent Backlog Stories”

• “Oral Argument Calendar: Almost Full? Already There?”

• “Hall Street and Bison Building Materials.” The Supreme Court of the United States resolves a pending question about the Federal Arbitration Act — and its holding seems to change the assumptions both sides made in the pending Texas case Bison Building Materials.

• “Judicial Elections Under Attack Elsewhere, Too”