With today’s [orders list](http://data.scotxblog.com/scotx/orders/2012-08-31), the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in seventeen cases, set five cases for oral argument (into next January), and dismissed a case argued last October as being improvidently granted.

These are the “year end” orders, coming at the end of the State of Texas’s fiscal year. This is also the traditional time for the court statistics to be measured and, as such, usually results in a flurry of opinions. Last year, the Court issued [nineteen opinions](http://data.scotxblog.com/scotx/orders/2011-08-26.htm).

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court chose two new cases for oral argument — one direct appeal and one certified question.

Direct appeal challenging […]

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The Texas Supreme Court’s orders list had some real activity today, denying a large number of pending rehearing requests and petitions for review.

The Court also […]

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In June, I wrote about a proposal before the Texas Supreme Court to adopt a word-count rule for Texas appellate briefs instead of the current […]

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to answer a certified question about at-will employment status. The case is Gary Sawyer, Doug […]

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When I saw this tweet last night, my first thought was that I’ve clearly been blogging about the wrong things.

Federal Judge orders Google/Oracle to disclose […]

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With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or choose any new petitions for oral argument.

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