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Thirteen cases decided; no grants [Apr. 24, 2015]

April 24th, 2015 · Comments Off on Thirteen cases decided; no grants [Apr. 24, 2015]

With this week’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court released opinions in thirteen pending cases.

For those of you keeping score at home:

Justice Lehrmann’s four majority […]

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Two opinions: Texas’s limits on arbitration clauses in medical contracts struck down; the duty of good faith within oil and gas royalty interests [Mar. 6, 2015]

March 6th, 2015 · Comments Off on Two opinions: Texas’s limits on arbitration clauses in medical contracts struck down; the duty of good faith within oil and gas royalty interests [Mar. 6, 2015]

With today’s orders list, the Supreme Court issued two substantive opinions, two per curiam reversals (applying one of today’s more substantive opinions), and formally accepted […]

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Two opinions, including one about whether limitations bars suing a partner over partnership debts [Feb. 27, 2015]

February 27th, 2015 · Comments Off on Two opinions, including one about whether limitations bars suing a partner over partnership debts [Feb. 27, 2015]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in two pending cases. It did not select any new cases for oral argument.

Among […]

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The Fifth Circuit asks whether Texas’s civil penalty statutes are covered by its limits on exemplary damages

February 23rd, 2015 · Comments Off on The Fifth Circuit asks whether Texas’s civil penalty statutes are covered by its limits on exemplary damages

A federal court has asked the Texas Supreme Court to clarify whether Texas’s statute restricting exemplary damages also limits statutory civil penalties.The federal case is […]

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State of the Texas Judiciary 2015

February 20th, 2015 · Comments Off on State of the Texas Judiciary 2015

On Wednesday, Chief Justice Hecht delivered his first “State of the Judiciary” address to the Texas Legislature. The State Bar has a page on storify […]

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Eight grants of review for oral argument in March [Feb. 20, 2015]

February 20th, 2015 · Comments Off on Eight grants of review for oral argument in March [Feb. 20, 2015]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court granted review in eight cases to be heard in March. It did not issue any opinions.

The […]

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Texas Supreme Court issues temporary order stopping same-sex marriage licenses in Austin

February 19th, 2015 · Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court issues temporary order stopping same-sex marriage licenses in Austin

Some detail added on Thursday evening.

This week, two state judges in Travis County have issued orders indicating that Texas’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, […]

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Admissibility of seat-belt evidence in accident cases; Insurance coverage for the BP oil spill [Feb. 13, 2015]

February 13th, 2015 · Comments Off on Admissibility of seat-belt evidence in accident cases; Insurance coverage for the BP oil spill [Feb. 13, 2015]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases. It did not choose any new cases for review.

Opinions

Evidence about seat-belt use […]

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Tags: News and Links · Order Lists