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Entries from February 2008

Preview for Week of 2-11-2008

February 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 2-11-2008

The Court has a two-day private conference scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. This Friday’s order list should reflect any petitions the Court chooses to […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Former Chief Phillips Reacts to Chronicle Editorial

February 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Former Chief Phillips Reacts to Chronicle Editorial

Former Chief Justice Phillips wrote a letter to the editor responding to the Houston Chronicle’s recent editorial (titled “Backlog”) that had criticized the Court’s practices […]

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Tags: News and Links

Order List of 2-8-2008

February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 2-8-2008

With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one per curiam opinion explaining why it denied review in a series of child-custody cases.

The Court […]

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Tags: Order Lists

“Texas Lawyer Blog: Strike two” [Updated]

February 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on “Texas Lawyer Blog: Strike two” [Updated]

The Texas Lawyer blog has a post titled “Strike two” about the Third Court’s disposition of a petition for writ of mandamus filed by Karyl […]

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Tags: Case Notes · News and Links

Audio interviews with Yanez and Criss

February 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Audio interviews with Yanez and Criss

The Houston Chronicle has conducted audio interviews with Justice Linda Yanez of the Thirteenth Court and Judge Susan Criss of Galveston. Both are running […]

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Tags: Elections

DMN voters guide up

February 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on DMN voters guide up

The Dallas Morning News has posted a voters guide covering Texas contests, including the Texas Supreme Court races. The questions cover some aspects of […]

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Tags: Elections

“Tough Times: A Candid Conversation With the Chief About the Texas Supreme Court”

February 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on “Tough Times: A Candid Conversation With the Chief About the Texas Supreme Court”

Today, Texas Lawyer posted an interview with the Chief titled “Tough Times: A Candid Conversation With the Chief About the Texas Supreme Court”.

The interview covers […]

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Tags: News and Links

Preview for Week of 2-4-2008

February 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 2-4-2008

This week, the Texas Supreme Court will hold its second argument sitting of the year.

This might be “former Justice” week at the Court, with former […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews