In this week’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court decided four cases and chose three new ones for oral argument at a future date.
This week’s […]
Entries from February 2011
Four opinons, three grants (including appellate attorneys fees and home-equity lending) [Feb. 25, 2011]
February 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on Four opinons, three grants (including appellate attorneys fees and home-equity lending) [Feb. 25, 2011]
Tags: Order Lists
No opinions or grants [Feb. 18, 2011]
February 18th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions or grants [Feb. 18, 2011]
There were no opinions or grants with today’s orders list.
The Court is closed next Monday and has a private conference of the Justices on Tuesday.
Tags: Order Lists
What e-briefs are permitted in the intermediate Texas courts of appeals?
February 18th, 2011 · Comments Off on What e-briefs are permitted in the intermediate Texas courts of appeals?
Update: On March 1, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court issued some new rules designed to standardize these procedures.
In preparing for an upcoming CLE talk, I […]
Tags: Electronic Briefs · Legal Writing
Do briefs become less readable as they move up the appellate ladder?
February 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment
In November, the Austin Bar appellate section hosted a talk by Professor Schiess about legal writing. In a Q&A exchange, someone asked a provocative […]
Tags: Legal Writing
The Texas bar has lost former Chief Justice Joe Greenhill
February 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Texas bar has lost former Chief Justice Joe Greenhill
I’m sorry to report that former Chief Justice Joe Greenhill, a fixture of the Texas appellate bar, passed away this morning. He was 96.
He […]
Tags: News and Links
The Court decides to look more closely at the statute of limitations on royalty payments [Feb. 11, 2011]
February 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Court decides to look more closely at the statute of limitations on royalty payments [Feb. 11, 2011]
With today’s regular orders list, the Court granted rehearing in a petition for review. It also rescheduled oral argument, at the parties’ request, in […]
Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists
Six new grants: Takings, takings, and… other stuff, too [Feb. 8, 2011]
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Six new grants: Takings, takings, and… other stuff, too [Feb. 8, 2011]
On Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Supreme Court issued orders granting six new cases for argument. Three were set for argument March 1, 2011; the […]
Tags: Order Lists
Rehearing granted in two workers compensation cases [Feb. 4, 2011]
February 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Rehearing granted in two workers compensation cases [Feb. 4, 2011]
Which is rarer: snow in Austin, or a successful motion to rehear a petition? Today, at least, you don’t have to choose.
Although the Court is […]
Tags: Order Lists
