The Court is closing down for a long weekend, and so am I. See you Monday!
In the meantime, if you want a little something […]
Entries from November 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving!
Tags: News and Links
What’s the Right Way To Explain a Request for Briefing on the Merits?
November 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on What’s the Right Way To Explain a Request for Briefing on the Merits?
A few days ago, the Texas Supreme Court requested full briefing in State of Texas v. Public Utility Commission, No. 08-0421 (DocketDB). Regular readers […]
Tags: News and Links · Practice Notes
Cases in the News 11-24-2008 [Updated 11-25]
November 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 11-24-2008 [Updated 11-25]
Groundwater Litigation
From the Cameron Herald on Friday comes “Debate over ‘end lakes’ won’t end anytime soon”, an article about a local groundwater dispute in which […]
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Clerking at the Texas Supreme Court Doesn’t Always Make You Famous
November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Texas Lawyer has a piece this week profiling some of Texas’s “baby lawyers” (their term, not mine) — “First Steps: Baby Lawyers Set Off on […]
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Order List for November 21, 2008 (part 1)
November 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for November 21, 2008 (part 1)
The Texas Supreme Court released two decisions with today’s order list. The Court also granted review in two other cases.
It may have been “Oilfield […]
Tags: Order Lists
When Can Amici Expect To Get Oral Argument Time?
November 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on When Can Amici Expect To Get Oral Argument Time?
That’s a question I have been asked about the Texas Supreme Court. The answer is, “When you can convince the Court that you are […]
Tags: Practice Notes
Order List for November 14, 2008 (part 2)
November 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for November 14, 2008 (part 2)
Following up on my earlier post, here are the summaries of Friday’s opinions.
The decisions involved piercing the corporate veil, what constitutes “personal knowledge” in a […]
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U.S. Supreme Court To Address West Virginia Recusal Case
November 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court To Address West Virginia Recusal Case
This afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. — the West Virginia case questioning whether it is a […]
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