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No opinions today [Oct. 14, 2011]

October 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions today [Oct. 14, 2011]

It was a fairly quiet orders list today, with no opinions and no petitions granted for future arguments.

There is a two-day private conference of the […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Beachfront takings is back on the docket; the laser hair removal case is gone [Oct. 7, 2011]

October 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Beachfront takings is back on the docket; the laser hair removal case is gone [Oct. 7, 2011]

It was a short orders list today. Two of the entries involved cases that the Court had previously placed into “abated” status, removing them […]

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Tags: News and Links

Issues in the October sitting; new Fifth Circuit blog; first report on the 2012 SCOTX elections

October 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment

New Fifth Circuit blog

David Coale, former head of the State Bar appellate section, has started a new blog about the Fifth Circuit. It’s called […]

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Tags: Case Notes · Elections · News and Links · Weekly Previews

New cases about age discrimination, actual innocence in juvenile cases, and condemnation by electric utilities [Sep. 30, 2011]

September 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on New cases about age discrimination, actual innocence in juvenile cases, and condemnation by electric utilities [Sep. 30, 2011]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court granted review in four new cases.

Request for more briefing the home-equity-lending case

Earlier this month, the Court heard […]

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Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists

The Severance open-beaches case is coming back to Texas

September 29th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Severance open-beaches case is coming back to Texas

Severance v. Patterson, No. 09-0387

One of the highest-profile cases last term concerned the Texas Open Beaches Act — asking if the State could claim a […]

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Tags: Case Notes

This week at SCOTX [Sep. 26, 2011]

September 26th, 2011 · Comments Off on This week at SCOTX [Sep. 26, 2011]

On the Court’s calendar this week:

Monday and Tuesday: The calendar shows a private conference of the Justices. This is the Court’s first formal conference […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

No opinions today [Sep. 23, 2011]

September 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions today [Sep. 23, 2011]

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

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Tags: Order Lists

This week at SCOTX [Sep. 19, 2011]

September 19th, 2011 · Comments Off on This week at SCOTX [Sep. 19, 2011]

On the Court’s calendar this week:

Through Wednesday: The calendar shows the Texas Center for the Judiciary’s annual judicial conference. You can read more […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews