This shortened Memorial Day week could still be a big one at the Texas Supreme Court.

The Court was formally closed today, but the Justices have a private conference scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. One item for discussion might be the State’s Friday filing seeking emergency relief in the FLDS case.

Several Justices are also scheduled to appear this Thursday and Friday at UT’s annual appellate CLE in Austin.

Articles from the Past Week

• Memorial Weekend Briefing Requests. The Court requested merits briefing in 18 cases last week. This post runs down the whole list.

• State Seeks Reversal of Mandamus. On Friday afternoon, the State took the FLDS case up to the Court, seeking emergency relief. The mothers filed an immediate response to that request for emergency relief.

• Order List of 5-23-2008.

• In re Citigroup Global Markets, No. 06-0886. A post-Perry Homes waiver-of-arbitration decision from last week.

• Mothers Win FLDS Appeal in Austin Court.

• From Way Back: The Southwest Airlines Cases.

• Another Election Mandamus Sent Back Down. This is the In re Vanessa Cahill case challenging delegates to the Republican state convention.