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Entries from March 2008

Preview for Week of 3-24-2008

March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-24-2008

Last week, the Court had a conference but no (formal) orders list. ((As last week illustrates, of course, the lack of a scheduled order list […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

A Good Friday for Briefing Requests

March 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on A Good Friday for Briefing Requests

After trickling out just one briefing request on Wednesday [here] and another on Thursday [here], the Court quietly issued fifteen more briefing requests sometime on […]

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Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists

More Action on the Pending Child-Support Mandamus Action

March 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on More Action on the Pending Child-Support Mandamus Action

Yesterday, the Court issued a stay in the Attorney General’s pending mandamus action about Texas’s child-support system. In re Office of the Attorney General, […]

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Tags: Case Notes

No Order List This Week (3-21-2008)

March 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on No Order List This Week (3-21-2008)

An email from the Court this morning has confirmed that there will be no regular order list issued today (Good Friday).

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Tags: Order Lists

Wills and estates + error preservation = BOM

March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Wills and estates + error preservation = BOM

Some say you’re supposed to try to jazz up your issues to interest the Court. Whatever the value of that advice, it’s not always […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Preview for Week of 3-17-2008

March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-17-2008

This St. Patrick’s Day week includes some entries on the Court’s calendar —

On both Monday and Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hold a private […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Cases in the News 3-15-2008

March 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 3-15-2008

Waller I.S.D. Bond Litigation Draws To a Close, Sort Of

The Houston Chronicle has an article reporting on the Texas Supreme Court’s dismissal on Friday of […]

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Tags: News and Links

Order List of 3-14-2008

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 3-14-2008

With today’s order list, the Court did not decide any pending cases or set any new cases for argument.

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Tags: Order Lists