This blog often mentions the Texas Supreme Court’s new requests for full briefing on the merits, which, as court watchers know, can signal what issues […]

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The Court has some activities scheduled for the end of the week, but has not set any conferences or arguments this week. (( The calendar […]

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I came across a website called “Typography for Lawyers,” that, you guessed it, is about typography in legal documents. It’s a nicely put-together site […]

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Race-Based Peremptory Strikes in Civil Cases

Davis v. Fisk Electric Co., No. 06‑0162. This case about race-based peremptory jury challenges was the only divided opinion […]

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After several weeks of relative quiet, this week the Court met for its monthly conference. And this week’s order list included merits opinions in […]

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Malpractice-Cap Challenge Rebuffed

On last week’s order list, the Court noted that it was declining to exercise jurisdiction in the direct appeal McKeever, M.D. v. Cerny, […]

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In re Bob Barr, No. 08-0761

As mentioned in this earlier post, the Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr asked the Texas Supreme Court to throw both […]

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I wrote earlier about the Third Court’s divisive case involving former associates of Tom DeLay. See “Dissension in the Third Court”. Although the […]

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