In this holiday-shortened week, there was little activity on the weekly order list. The Court did not issue any opinions or grant any petitions.

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The Court is closed today for Presidents’ Day and no conferences are scheduled this week.

Weekend Update

On Friday of last week, the Court chose fourteen new […]

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In re Gayle E. Coppock, No. 08-0093. (DB) Issued February 13, 2009. Opinion by Justice O’Neill.

This is a case about enforcing a […]

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Pine Oak Builders, Inc. v. Great American Lloyds Ins. Co., No. 06-0867. (DB) Issued February 13, 2009. Opinion by Justice Willett.

This is […]

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The Supreme Court of Texas issued four opinions with this week’s order list.

The Court also granted oral argument in nine cases, filling out its early […]

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Paul Burka of Texas Monthly

Burka wrote a post Thursday morning suggesting that bare-knuckle Texas politics either would corrupt any merit selection system — or would […]

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Earlier today, I watched Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson’s “State of the Judiciary” address to the Texas Legislature (PDF). (( In case you’re curious, no, the […]

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“ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED”

Earlier this week, I saw these words on the cover of a brief filed in the Texas Supreme Court.

If you’ve practiced in Texas’s […]

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