When the Texas Supreme Court started posting an online calendar, ((It’s possible that the Court will update its calendar after I write this post. […]
The Court’s Public Calendar and Requests for Briefs on the Merits
December 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Court’s Public Calendar and Requests for Briefs on the Merits
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Texas Supreme Court Orders for 12-14-2007
December 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court Orders for 12-14-2007
A wide variety of activity in today’s order list. Two merits opinions, one granted case, one dismissal of a granted petition as having been […]
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Texas 6th Court of Appeals: Anonymous Blogger Wins Order To Protect Identity, For Now
December 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Texas 6th Court of Appeals: Anonymous Blogger Wins Order To Protect Identity, For Now
In an interesting decision today, the Texarkana Court issued a writ of mandamus protecting the anonymity of a blogger who had been critical of a […]
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Rehearing Filings in Entergy
December 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Rehearing Filings in Entergy
The recent decision in Entergy Gulf States v. Summers has been the subject of much interest lately. It was given featured treatment in the […]
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Preview for the Week of 12/10/07
December 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Preview for the Week of 12/10/07
The Court’s calendar shows a private conference scheduled for Monday and (if necessary) Tuesday. Any petitions granted or denied, opinions finalized, or motions disposed […]
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Two new opinions this week
December 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Two new opinions this week
As expected from the conference schedule, there were no grants in today’s orders. The Court did issue two decisions — one very deeply divided, […]
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Jefferson, Walton and Sager: Think like a Pakistani lawyer
December 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Jefferson, Walton and Sager: Think like a Pakistani lawyer
The Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace B. Jefferson, the president of the state bar, and the dean of the UT school of […]
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Quorum Report: Legislature Surprised by Entergy Decision
December 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Quorum Report: Legislature Surprised by Entergy Decision
According to Harvey Kronberg, the Texas Legislature may be studying legislation that would address a frequent and contentious question of statutory construction — how to […]
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