The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in an election case that began in Texas, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Mukasey.

The case […]

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The Court issued opinions in four cases today, set one other case for argument, and issued a slew of other orders.

Opinions

Graber v. Fuqua, No. 05‑0303.

In […]

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The Texas Appellate Law Blog and Texas Lawyer have mentioned that some intermediate appellate courts are trying to hold more oral arguments.

The Texas Supreme Court, […]

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This is a post that will likely interest only avid court watchers.

I overlooked something as last December wound to a close. In recent years, […]

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Evan Chesler, the managing partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, has an article in Forbes with the give-away-the-conclusion title “Kill the Billable Hour”.

He proposes that […]

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With the new calendar year comes the start of the Texas Supreme Court’s 2009 Term. It may be a formality, but for the clerk’s […]

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The Los Angeles Times has this story about a pending California Supreme Court case, Martinez v. Board of Regents of the University of California, that […]

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The Court is not issuing its normal weekly orders this week. The last orders for the 2008 Term issued on December 19th.

The Court should […]

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