In re Deb Shafto, Herb Gonzales, Jr., Edward Lindsay, Art Browning, Christine Morshedi, and the Green Party of Texas, No. 10-0487 (docket)
Last week, a district […]
Entries from June 2010
Update on the Green Party mandamus petition
June 29th, 2010 · Comments Off on Update on the Green Party mandamus petition
Tags: Case Notes
Final conference today; last orders expected Friday
June 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment
According to the Texas Supreme Court’s online calendar (here), today is the last conference of the Justices until August 16th. We can expect any […]
Tags: Practice Notes
Cattle rustling and exemplary damages [Jun. 25, 2010]
June 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on Cattle rustling and exemplary damages [Jun. 25, 2010]
The Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in three cases with today’s orders list. It also chose one new petition to be argued this fall.
The […]
Tags: Order Lists
Yesterday’s program on appellate issues for corporate counsel
June 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on Yesterday’s program on appellate issues for corporate counsel
Yesterday afternoon, the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section hosted a seminar for in-house and counsel and appellate lawyers. There were six panels covering […]
Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Tech
What’s different about this picture?
June 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on What’s different about this picture?
The Court’s website doesn’t have a more formal announcement that Justice Lehrmann has been sworn in, but the large photograph on the Court’s home page […]
Tags: News and Links
Child forced into prostitution below the legal age of consent is a victim, not an offender; net-worth discovery [June 18, 2010]
June 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on Child forced into prostitution below the legal age of consent is a victim, not an offender; net-worth discovery [June 18, 2010]
The Texas Supreme Court issued two opinions and accepted one new case for oral argument with today’s orders list.
Today’s list was Justice O’Neill’s last on […]
Tags: Order Lists
The “back” button for Adobe e-briefs
June 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on The “back” button for Adobe e-briefs
For all the work Adobe has done to make PDF documents hyperlinked, it has not included a basic navigational feature — the back button.
This weekend, […]
Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Tech
Sexual harassment torts found preempted by TCHRA; homeowners policy doesn’t cover water-leak mold-damage to structure [Jun. 11, 2010]
June 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on Sexual harassment torts found preempted by TCHRA; homeowners policy doesn’t cover water-leak mold-damage to structure [Jun. 11, 2010]
The Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in six cases today. The Court did not accept any new cases for review.
With Justice O’Neill’s final day […]
Tags: Order Lists
