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Anonymous blogging decision from SCOTX; four other decisions; a grant about bad faith city takings [Apr. 15, 2011]

April 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Anonymous blogging decision from SCOTX; four other decisions; a grant about bad faith city takings [Apr. 15, 2011]

Today I’m attending the Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court CLE in Austin. I’ll be speaking a little later about electronic resources for practitioners.

Meanwhile, […]

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Tags: Order Lists

No opinions or grants today [Apr. 8, 2011]

April 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions or grants today [Apr. 8, 2011]

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

Presumably, any interesting petitions have been […]

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Who can sue when commercial lenders back out; two grants about whether the med-mal statute covers assault [Apr. 1, 2011]

April 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Who can sue when commercial lenders back out; two grants about whether the med-mal statute covers assault [Apr. 1, 2011]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court decided three pending case, granted two new cases for argument this fall, and revised its opinion in […]

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Electronic filing of appellate briefs is now available in the Texas Supreme Court

March 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments

According to a notice posted on the Texas Supreme Court’s website, true electronic filing of appellate briefs is now available in that court:

Effective […]

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Tags: Electronic Briefs · Practice Notes

No opinions or grants today [Mar. 25, 2011]

March 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions or grants today [Mar. 25, 2011]

It was a very short orders list this week. The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or choose any new cases for […]

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Two opinions, one grant [Mar. 18, 2011]

March 18th, 2011 · Comments Off on Two opinions, one grant [Mar. 18, 2011]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued two decisions and granted review in one new cases.

Cities do not have sovereign immunity against suits […]

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Rehearing granted in the Open Beaches Act case; five other decisions and one new grant [Mar. 11, 2011]

March 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court granted rehearing in the Texas Open Beaches Act case Severance v. Patterson. (You can read more […]

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An important opinion about agency deference in Texas [Mar. 11, 2011]

March 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on An important opinion about agency deference in Texas [Mar. 11, 2011]

Railroad Commission of Texas and Pioneer Exploration, Ltd. v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future and Clean Water and James G. Popp, No. 08-0497 DDB.

A […]

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Tags: Case Notes