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Entries from August 2008

Order List for August 29, 2008 [corrected]

August 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The fiscal-year-end orders came out today. It looks as if the Court staff was up very late dotting “i”s and crossing “t”s — the […]

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Tags: Order Lists

No Crystal Ball for Tomorrow

August 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on No Crystal Ball for Tomorrow

Programming note: When the year-end orders come down tomorrow morning, I’ll be giving a presentation at the Civil Trial CLE in Dallas. I’ll post […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

Can a Trial Judge Use Attorneys Fees To Discourage Appeal?

August 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

There was a recent case out of El Paso that raises an interesting question about attorneys fees.

The substantive dispute here is whether the City of […]

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The End of an Era

August 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on The End of an Era

The TexParte blog has posted excerpts from an internal court email about a subject well known to anyone who has clerked on the Texas Supreme […]

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Cases in the News 8-26-2008

August 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 8-26-2008

Eastland Court rejects argument that wind farms are so ugly as to constitute a nuisance to nearby landowners; says recognizing aesthetic damages is not for […]

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Week of August 25, 2008

August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Week of August 25, 2008

As last week, the Court is again holding a long conference, meeting on Monday and Tuesday. This week should be a bigger one for […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

New Briefing Requests 8-22-2008

August 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Although the Court’s first order list since returning from the summer was very short, it quietly moved eleven cases forward on the docket. After […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Order List for 8-22-2008

August 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for 8-22-2008

This week, the Court met for a long conference after its summer break. Yet the Court released a relatively quiet order list. […]

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Tags: Order Lists