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 […]
Entries from December 2007
Briefing Requests from Monday’s Conference
December 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Briefing Requests from Monday’s Conference
Tags: Case Notes
Preview for the Week of 12/17/07
December 17th, 2007 · Comments Off on Preview for the Week of 12/17/07
On Monday, the Court has its last scheduled private conference for 2007. Any petitions granted or denied, opinions finalized, or motions disposed at […]
Tags: Weekly Previews
The Court’s Public Calendar and Requests for Briefs on the Merits
December 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Court’s Public Calendar and Requests for Briefs on the Merits
When the Texas Supreme Court started posting an online calendar, ((It’s possible that the Court will update its calendar after I write this post. […]
Tags: Practice Notes
Texas Supreme Court Orders for 12-14-2007
December 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court Orders for 12-14-2007
A wide variety of activity in today’s order list. Two merits opinions, one granted case, one dismissal of a granted petition as having been […]
Tags: Order Lists
Texas 6th Court of Appeals: Anonymous Blogger Wins Order To Protect Identity, For Now
December 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on 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 […]
Tags: Case Notes · News and Links
Rehearing Filings in Entergy
December 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Rehearing Filings in Entergy
The recent decision in Entergy Gulf States v. Summers has been the subject of much interest lately. It was given featured treatment in the […]
Tags: Case Notes
Preview for the Week of 12/10/07
December 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Preview for the Week of 12/10/07
The Court’s calendar shows a private conference scheduled for Monday and (if necessary) Tuesday. Any petitions granted or denied, opinions finalized, or motions disposed […]
Tags: Weekly Previews
Two new opinions this week
December 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Two new opinions this week
As expected from the conference schedule, there were no grants in today’s orders. The Court did issue two decisions — one very deeply divided, […]
Tags: Order Lists
