Final Orders for June 2017

Earlier today, the Texas Supreme Court issued decisions in its final four argued cases from the term.

The Court’s official website has been struggling to recover from a serious server problem earlier this week, but I’m posting a copy of the opinions here:

KING STREET PATRIOTS, CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT, BRYAN ENGELBRECHT, AND DIANE JOSEPHS v. TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; GILBERTO HINOJOSA, SUCCESSOR TO BOYD RICHIE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; JOHN WARREN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR DALLAS COUNTY CLERK; AND ANN BENNETT, IN HER CAPACITY AS THE DEMOCRATIC, No. 15-0320

Opinion of the Court

Concurring

JACK PIDGEON AND LARRY HICKS v. MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER AND CITY OF HOUSTON, No. 15-0688

Opinion of the Court

UNITED SCAFFOLDING, INC. v. JAMES LEVINE, No. 15-0921

Dissenting

JULIE HERSH v. JOHN TATUM AND MARY ANN TATUM, No. 16-0096

Opinion of the Court

Concurring

(Some older opinions are gathered on this page.)

You can also see my website’s version of the full orders list.

The stats on my website have been updated but not yet triple-checked. You can see:

• The opinion counts for each Justice</p>
• The basic voting pattern for divided cases</p>

(There were 11 cases with dissents this term. I bet the "under" but, at exactly 11, I think that qualifies as a push.)