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Order List for February 6, 2009

February 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for February 6, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grant review in any new cases in this week’s order list.

Next week, the Court has […]

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Are the Odds of Oral Argument Declining?

February 5th, 2009 · Comments Off on Are the Odds of Oral Argument Declining?

I posted last month about the sharp dropoff in the Texas Supreme Court’s oral arguments and wondered if the Court would grant more cases for […]

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Catching up on old stories

February 4th, 2009 · Comments Off on Catching up on old stories

I’m clearing out the blog’s inbox. Here’s what I wanted to pass along:

The U.S. Supreme Court turns down the Laura Schubert cert petition

The […]

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Order List for January 30, 2009

January 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 30, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions with today’s order list.

The Court has two arguments set next Tuesday. Yesterday, the Court granted […]

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Order List for January 23, 2009

January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 23, 2009

With today’s order list, the Court decided one case — In re Mary Louise Watkins, M.D., No. 06-0658.

This is yet another case about early appellate […]

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Order List for January 16, 2009

January 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 16, 2009

With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one corrected opinion. That opinion, like the Court’s order earlier in the week about IOLTA […]

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When Should Texas Courts Assume Mexican Courts Don’t Work?

January 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I ran across this blog post by a New York-based international-family-law attorney, Jeremy Morley, discussing a mandamus petition now pending in the Texas Supreme Court.

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Will IOLTA Programs Be Victims of the Wall Street Crisis?

January 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Will IOLTA Programs Be Victims of the Wall Street Crisis?

The Texas Supreme Court issued an advisory today about setting a new interest rate for IOLTA accounts.

IOLTA programs — “Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts” — […]

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