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No opinions today; a case about immunity is returned to the argument calendar [Sep. 16, 2011]

September 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions today; a case about immunity is returned to the argument calendar [Sep. 16, 2011]

The Texas Supreme Court did not release any opinions with today’s orders list.

The Court did re-set the oral argument in ECOM Real Estate Management v. […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Argument preview: Appellate attorney fees, drivers license revocation hearings

September 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Argument preview: Appellate attorney fees, drivers license revocation hearings

As always, you can click through the docket numbers to find the underlying opinions, briefs, and other materials.

To be argued September 14, 2011

Texas Department of […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Argument preview: Home-equity lending rules in Texas

September 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Argument preview: Home-equity lending rules in Texas

It turns out, there is only one case on today’s argument calendar. Basith Ghazali M.D. v. Patricia Brown, No. 10-0232 has been removed from […]

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Argument date set for the fast-track challenge to Texas’s business tax [Sep. 9, 2011]

September 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Argument date set for the fast-track challenge to Texas’s business tax [Sep. 9, 2011]

This week’s orders list is out.

The Allcat franchise-tax challenge has an argument date: October 24, 2011

Allcat Claims Service, L.P. and John Weakly v. Susan Combs, […]

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Tags: Order Lists

This Week in SCOTX [Sep. 6, 2011]

September 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on This Week in SCOTX [Sep. 6, 2011]

Here’s what is on the Court’s calendar for this week:

Labor Day (Monday)

The state bar’s Advanced Civil Appellate Seminar (Thursday & Friday). Three of the […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

How many opinions are left in the pipeline? No opinions today [Sep. 2, 2011]

September 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on How many opinions are left in the pipeline? No opinions today [Sep. 2, 2011]

The Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list. It did bring back one previously abated case to its docket, the Bison […]

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Tags: News and Links · Order Lists

Rule change: Permissive interlocutory appeals

September 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments

New rules should make it easier to get early interlocutory review of key issues in a case.

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Tags: Practice Notes

This Week at SCOTX [Aug. 29, 2011]

August 29th, 2011 · Comments Off on This Week at SCOTX [Aug. 29, 2011]

Here’s what is on the Court’s calendar for this week:

Last Day of the Fiscal Year (Wednesday): August 31st is the end of the fiscal year […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews