Supreme Court of Texas Blog: Legal Issues Before the Texas Supreme Court
SCOTXblog

Preview for Week of 2-25-2008

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 2-25-2008

The Court has no scheduled private conferences or argument sittings this week. The next round of oral arguments is set to begin on April […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Weekly Previews

Cases in the News 2-23-2008

February 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 2-23-2008

The Houston Chronicle reports on the Waller school bonds litigation. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court denied the pending petition for mandamus in In […]

[Read more →]

Tags: News and Links

Order List for 2-22-2008: Rehearing Granted in El Paso Hospital District

February 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for 2-22-2008: Rehearing Granted in El Paso Hospital District

Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued a short order list that included only one opinion — granting the pending motion for rehearing and issuing a […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Order Lists

Links for 2-21-2008: Fairfield, More Fairfield, and Statistics

February 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Links for 2-21-2008: Fairfield, More Fairfield, and Statistics

Analysis of Fairfield: Does It “Raise More Questions Than It Answers”?

Todd Smith of the Texas Appellate Law Blog has a thoughtful post today about last […]

[Read more →]

Tags: News and Links

Press coverage of a Texas case involving an Islamic tribunal chosen through an arbitration clause

February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Press coverage of a Texas case involving an Islamic tribunal chosen through an arbitration clause

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal Law Blog both are covering a 2003 Texas appellate decision that “referred a divorce case […]

[Read more →]

Tags: News and Links

Newspaper Endorsements for 2008 Primaries

February 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As the March 4, 2008 primary approaches, Texas newspapers are starting to weigh in on the Texas Supreme Court races.

This year, there are two contested […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Elections

Preview for Week of 2-18-2008

February 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 2-18-2008

On Monday, the Texas Supreme Court will be closed in observation of the President’s Day holiday.

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

[Read more →]

Tags: Weekly Previews

Cases and Links 2-16-2008

February 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases and Links 2-16-2008

Current cases in the news

The Denton Record-Chronicle reports on the Texas Supreme Court’s denial of review in JNC Partners Denton, LLC v. City of Denton, […]

[Read more →]

Tags: News and Links