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Entries from March 2008

Where Does a Tenth Staff Attorney Fit on the Lineup Card? [Updated]

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Where Does a Tenth Staff Attorney Fit on the Lineup Card? [Updated]

A friend pointed out to me that there is a new job listing on the Supreme Court of Texas website for a “Central Staff Attorney.” […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

NYT Article About State Supreme Court Influence

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on NYT Article About State Supreme Court Influence

Adam Liptak of the New York Times has a column today about the influence of state supreme courts on each other: “Around the U.S., High […]

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Tags: News and Links

Preview for Week of 3-11-2008

March 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-11-2008

The Court is scheduled to release its regular order list this Friday. There are no conferences or oral arguments scheduled this week.

Articles from the […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Order List of 3-7-2008

March 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 3-7-2008

Although there were no decisions handed down in today’s order list, the Court did make some changes to its upcoming oral argument calendar. The […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Nuchia Loses Re-election Bid in Primary

March 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Nuchia Loses Re-election Bid in Primary

There were other contested judicial primaries (although none in Travis County, where this blog is based). In the First Court, the incumbent Sam Nuchia […]

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Tags: Elections

SCOTX Democratic Primary Results

March 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on SCOTX Democratic Primary Results

Some of you may have noticed that there were other election contests yesterday, including some down-ballot elections in Texas.

There were two contested primaries for slots […]

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Tags: Elections

Preview for Week of 3-4-2008

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-4-2008

There are no private conferences or oral arguments scheduled this week. The Court is scheduled to release its regular order list on Friday.

But it’s […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Mandamus About Texas’s Child-Support System

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Mandamus About Texas’s Child-Support System

The Dallas Morning News has an article titled “Texas attorney general, family-court judges battle over child support collection” that discusses the background of a new […]

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Tags: Case Notes · News and Links