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SCOTX Democratic Primary Results

March 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on SCOTX Democratic Primary Results

Some of you may have noticed that there were other election contests yesterday, including some down-ballot elections in Texas.

There were two contested primaries for slots […]

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Tags: Elections

Preview for Week of 3-4-2008

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-4-2008

There are no private conferences or oral arguments scheduled this week. The Court is scheduled to release its regular order list on Friday.

But it’s […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Mandamus About Texas’s Child-Support System

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Mandamus About Texas’s Child-Support System

The Dallas Morning News has an article titled “Texas attorney general, family-court judges battle over child support collection” that discusses the background of a new […]

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Tags: Case Notes · News and Links

Order List of 2-29-2008: Grimes Construction

February 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 2-29-2008: Grimes Construction

Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued one new decision — a summary application of one of last year’s more divisive insurance cases.

No new petitions were […]

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Tags: Order Lists

More Focus on Court Backlog [Corrected]

February 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on More Focus on Court Backlog [Corrected]

The local ABC affiliate in Dallas had an extended news story about the Court’s backlog that included interviews with Chief Justice Jefferson and Justice Wainwright.

The […]

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Tags: News and Links

Federal Suit Challenging Texas Med-Mal Caps

February 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A federal declaratory-judgment suit was filed yesterday challenging whether the Texas medical-malpractice caps violate the federal constitution. The suit was filed in Marshall and […]

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Tags: News and Links

Texas MDL Panel Consolidates Ford Cases

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Texas MDL Panel Consolidates Ford Cases

In its first consolidation order since September of last year, the Multidistrict Litigation Panel has combined 77 lawsuits against Ford pending in 28 Texas counties. […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Last Week’s New Briefing Requests

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Last Week’s New Briefing Requests

Late last week ((These requests were made on Thursday, which was too late to appear on the Court’s weekly event report database printout. They […]

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Tags: Case Notes