Late last week, the Court requested full briefing on the merits in twelve more cases.

• Cameron Village, Ltd. v. Jim Wells County Appraisal Dist., No. 07-0659. Seven different amici have already made an appearance in this case — at the petition stage.

• Shwurong C. Hsu v. Bobby Yu-Chen Liu, No. 07-1046.

• Regal Finance Co. v. Tex Star Motors, Inc., No. 08-0148.

• Emmanuel Ginn v. Jeff Forester, No. 08-0163.

• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Attorney General of Texas and the Dallas Morning News, Ltd., No. 08-0172. This is the open-records case about whether the Comptroller must release the exact dates of birth of all state employees. The requestor says it is necessary to help them identify specific public employees on other documents.

• The State of Texas v. $281,420.00, No. 08-0465.

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Estate of Irene Esther Arancibia, No. 08-0215.

• Omaha Healthcare Center, LLC v. Wilma Johnson, No. 08-0231.

• Aquaplex, Inc. v. Rahco La Valencia, Inc., No. 08-0280.

• Rubye Magnum, as Executrix of the Estate of Lavada Oakes and as Beneficiary of the Will of Lavada Oakes v. Trent Turner, No. 08-0295.

• First Source Texas, Inc. v. Navasota Resources, L.P., No. 08-0337.

• In re Bob E. Carpenter, No. 08-0353.