In this week’s order list, the Court decided four new cases, granted rehearing and changed some language in an earlier opinion from February, selected two […]

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Possible federal suit over FLDS

The Star-Telegram has an article titled “Polygamist sect to sue government officials over raid.” The article suggests that some members […]

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The First Court of Appeals has ordered expedited briefing in the Medina v. Benkiser litigation challenging how the Texas Republican Party will be conducting its […]

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The dissenters seem to have been having all the fun.

A few weeks ago, Justice Wainwright began a dissenting opinion with an extended quotation from the […]

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This is the second week of the Court’s long summer period. For the next three weeks, its calendar looks like this:

On Monday, the Court […]

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Last Friday was interesting for the Texas Supreme Court’s “submarine docket” — the set of cases that the Court resolves without oral argument and without […]

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In today’s order list, the Court decided three cases and also dismissed as moot the pending Clear Channel mandamus petition.

Three merits decisions

Two of them are […]

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Providence Health Center v. Dowell, No. 05-0386,
<br/ >consolidated with,
Pettit v. Dowell, No. 05-0788

Decided: May 23, 2008

The Court split 5-1-3 in this tort-causation case.

Dowell visited a […]

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