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Entries from November 2008

The Texas Tolling Statute Is Back

November 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Texas Tolling Statute Is Back

I wrote last month about the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kerlin v. Sauceda about the Texas tolling statute. That post noted the […]

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Texas Supreme Court RSS Feeds

November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This funny picture now appears on the Texas Supreme Court’s home page:

That’s the icon used to denote RSS feeds. And it quietly announces that […]

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Order List for November 14, 2008 (part 1)

November 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for November 14, 2008 (part 1)

The Court issued decisions in seven cases with today’s order list. One of them was an argued case; the other six were Rule 59.1 […]

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Appellate Symposium Sponsored by the Texas Review of Litigation

November 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Appellate Symposium Sponsored by the Texas Review of Litigation

The Texas Review of Litigation, a student-edited journal at UT Law, is sponsoring a two-day symposium this January focusing on appellate litigation. The title […]

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A Blog About the Court Across the Hall

November 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As Texas appellate lawyers know, there are two highest courts in Texas — the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals. Their […]

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Cert Petition in Schubert v. Pleasant Glade Assembly of God

November 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cert Petition in Schubert v. Pleasant Glade Assembly of God

Back in June, I wrote about the Texas Supreme Court’s religion clause decision in Pleasant Glade Assembly of God v. Schubert, No. 05-0916, a case […]

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The Chief Joins the Push To Curb Partisan Judicial Elections

November 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Chief Joins the Push To Curb Partisan Judicial Elections

When Tom Phillips was Chief Justice, he spent a substantial amount of energy pushing for reform of how Texas picks judges.

It looks as if Chief […]

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Kent Sullivan Appointed to 14th Court

November 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Kent Sullivan Appointed to 14th Court

Congratulations to Kent C. Sullivan, who has just been appointed by the Governor to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston. He will be […]

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