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Texas chief justices gathering in Austin, will speak Thursday to the Austin appellate bar

January 18th, 2012 · Comments Off on Texas chief justices gathering in Austin, will speak Thursday to the Austin appellate bar

This Thursday, the regular luncheon for the appellate section of the Austin Bar will be hosting chief justices from across Texas’s fourteen courts of appeals. […]

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No opinions this week [Jan. 13, 2012]

January 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on No opinions this week [Jan. 13, 2012]

There were no opinions issues with today’s orders list.

The Court’s next internal conference begins January 23rd.

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Tags: Order Lists

More about direct appeals to the Texas Supreme Court

January 6th, 2012 · 3 Comments

In light of today’s acceptance of the direct appeal in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth case, I wanted to write a little more about […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

SCOTX accepts a direct appeal in one of the Episcopal Church property disputes [Jan. 6, 2012]

January 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment

In today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court chose a new case for argument later this year — a (rare) direct appeal, this one raising […]

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Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists

No year-end orders

December 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on No year-end orders

The Court did not issue weekly orders today. The last orders were issued on December 22, 2011.

There was something interesting in that last list. […]

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No opinions or grants today [Dec. 9, 2011]

December 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions or grants today [Dec. 9, 2011]

The Court’s orders list today did not include any opinions or choose any new cases for oral argument.

According to the Court’s online calendar, next Friday […]

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No grants or opinions today; case about discovery of net worth dismissed [Dec. 2, 2011]

December 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on No grants or opinions today; case about discovery of net worth dismissed [Dec. 2, 2011]

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

It did grant one motion for divided argument […]

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Which Texas Supreme Court Justices were the most prolific last Term?

December 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment

This seems as good a day as any to talk about the Justices’ output last Term.

We know how many signed opinions each Justice wrote as […]

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