Tomorrow, the Texas Supreme Court begins its new fiscal year with one of the most anticipated cases of the year, the direct appeal of the latest challenge to the sufficiency of Texas’s school-finance system. The threat of an injunction meant that the trial court’s merely preliminary findings were used to lobby the 2013 legislature, the trial court’s ultimate ruling became an issue in the 2014 governor’s race, and the 2015 Texas Legislature passed a bill that would send future school-finance cases to a special three-judge court. Now it’s the Texas Supreme Court’s turn to rule on the legal issues.
The list of cases on the argument calendar is below. You can click through for a summary of issues.
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
IN RE RSR CORPORATION AND QUEMETCO METALS LIMITED, INC., No. 13-0499
U.S. METALS, INCORPORATED v. LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP, INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, No. 14-0753
BCCA APPEAL GROUP, INC. v. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, No. 13-0768
Thursday September 3
KINGSAIRE, INC. D/B/A KINGS AIRE, INC. v. JORGE MELENDEZ, No. 14-0006
ROY SEGER, ET AL. v. YORKSHIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD., AND OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD., No. 13-0673