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Briefing Requests from Monday’s Conference

December 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Briefing Requests from Monday’s Conference

It will be a white Christmas whenever this flurry of briefs gets filed.

The Court requested full briefing in at least sixteen cases at its conference […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Preview for the Week of 12/17/07

December 17th, 2007 · Comments Off on Preview for the Week of 12/17/07

On Monday, the Court has its last scheduled private conference for 2007. Any petitions granted or denied, opinions finalized, or motions disposed at […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

The Court’s Public Calendar and Requests for Briefs on the Merits

December 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Court’s Public Calendar and Requests for Briefs on the Merits

When the Texas Supreme Court started posting an online calendar, ((It’s possible that the Court will update its calendar after I write this post. […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

Texas Supreme Court Orders for 12-14-2007

December 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court Orders for 12-14-2007

A wide variety of activity in today’s order list. Two merits opinions, one granted case, one dismissal of a granted petition as having been […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Texas 6th Court of Appeals: Anonymous Blogger Wins Order To Protect Identity, For Now

December 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Texas 6th Court of Appeals: Anonymous Blogger Wins Order To Protect Identity, For Now

In an interesting decision today, the Texarkana Court issued a writ of mandamus protecting the anonymity of a blogger who had been critical of a […]

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Tags: Case Notes · News and Links

Rehearing Filings in Entergy

December 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Rehearing Filings in Entergy

The recent decision in Entergy Gulf States v. Summers has been the subject of much interest lately. It was given featured treatment in the […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Preview for the Week of 12/10/07

December 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Preview for the Week of 12/10/07

The Court’s calendar shows a private conference scheduled for Monday and (if necessary) Tuesday. Any petitions granted or denied, opinions finalized, or motions disposed […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Two new opinions this week

December 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Two new opinions this week

As expected from the conference schedule, there were no grants in today’s orders. The Court did issue two decisions — one very deeply divided, […]

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Tags: Order Lists