Briefs for today’s oral argument about mail-in voting
Case Notes
Landmark Texas water rights case may lead to future takings claims or legislative fixes: Edwards Aquifer v. Day [Feb. 24, 2012]
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one long-awaited decision about water rights in Texas. It did not grant any other cases for review....
Decision expected (really) soon on the Allcat business-tax challenge
We’re expecting the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in the Allcat case soon – really soon.
The Dallas Court weighs in on the scope of health-care liability
The Dallas Court has recently decided that laser hair removal is not covered by Texas’s medical-malpractice statute.
Is a lawyer in a high-profile dispute a ‘public figure’ for libel purposes?
Is a lawyer in a high-profile dispute a ‘public figure’ for libel purposes? That was the question raised in a recent Texas appellate case — and it’s one th...
Broad immunity for government doctors; substitution of parties; implied findings [Jan. 21, 2011]
With Friday’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued ten decisions — which as I noted in a tweet, each included an “M.D.”, an “R.N.”, or a hospital in t...
October argument sitting: electronic voting machines, credit scoring, and more
(1) electronic voting machines, (2) calculating child-support payments, and (3) racially disparate impacts of credit scoring.
Ninth Circuit certifies a question about Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court
Yesterday, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit certified a question of Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court. If the Texas Supreme Court accepts ...
Briefing Request About Probate Recusals
A mandamus petition asking that question about Texas statutory probate courts is now pending in the Court. It also raises some question about the interactio...
In re Gayle E. Coppock
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 divorce decree that proh...
New Briefing Requests 8-22-2008
Although the Court’s first order list since returning from the summer was very short, it quietly moved eleven cases forward on the docket. After not having ...
Free Exercise Clause Bars False Imprisonment Claim: Pleasant Glade Assembly of God v. Schubert, No. 05-0916
Pleasant Glade Assembly of God v. Schubert, No. 05‑0916. Majority opinion by Justice Medina, joined by Justice Hecht, Justice O’Neill, Justice Wainwright, J...
Even “Temporary” Grandparent Visitation Orders Require Due Process to the Parent
In re Chambless, No. 07‑0767 (per curiam) Decided: June 27, 2008 The Texas Supreme Court frames the question as “whether the trial court abused its discret...
In re Office of the Attorney General, No. 08-0165 (per curiam)
In re Office of the Attorney General, No. 08‑0165 (per curiam) Decided: June 27, 2008 Earlier coverage: “Mandamus About Texas’s Child Support System” (3-3-...
Providence Health Center v. Dowell, No. 05-0386 -and- Pettit v. Dowell, No. 05-0788
Providence Health Center v. Dowell, No. 05-0386, <br/ >consolidated with, Pettit v. Dowell, No. 05-0788 Decided: May 23, 2008 The Court split 5-1-3 i...
Memorial Weekend Briefing Requests
Last week, I wrote about In re Loban, No. 08-0336 which was one of the few cases in which the Court had requested briefing in the past month. This past week...
In re Citigroup Global Markets, No. 06-0886 (per curiam)
In re Citigroup Global Markets, No. 06-0886 (per curiam) (orig. proceeding) Decided: May 16, 2008 The court of appeals held that Citigroup’s (successful) a...
Briefing Requested in Dangerous-Animal Case from Fort Worth
In re Jason Loban, No. 08-0336. Briefing Requested: May 16, 2008 The Texas Supreme Court has just requested full briefing in a case involving what procedur...
City of Dallas v. Reed, No. 07-0469 (per curiam)
City of Dallas v. Reed, No. 07-0469 (per curiam) Decided: May 16, 2008 In this interlocutory appeal, the Texas Supreme Court rejected the argument that a tw...
Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff’s Office, No. 06-0917
Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff’s Office, No. 06-0917 (Higgins II) Decided: May 16, 2008 Normally, appellate filing fees are a prerequisite to an appeal. ...
More Pro Bono Referrals
Although the Court didn’t issue its weekly order list last Friday, it certainly issued a large number of other orders that day. In addition to requesting fu...
Hall Street and Bison Building Materials
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., a case under the Federal Arbitration Act, holding 6-3 that parties ...
A Good Friday for Briefing Requests
After trickling out just one briefing request on Wednesday [here] and another on Thursday [here], the Court quietly issued fifteen more briefing requests som...
Briefing Requests from Monday’s Conference
It will be a white Christmas whenever this flurry of briefs gets filed. The Court requested full briefing in at least sixteen cases at its conference yesterd...
Texas 6th Court of Appeals: Anonymous Blogger Wins Order To Protect Identity, For Now
In an interesting decision today, the Texarkana Court issued a writ of mandamus protecting the anonymity of a blogger who had been critical of a local hospit...