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.” […]
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]
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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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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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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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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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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 […]
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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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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