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 […]
Order List for September 26, 2008 (part 1)
September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for September 26, 2008 (part 1)
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Cases in the News 9-25-2008
September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Cases in the News 9-25-2008
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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Barr Petition Denied
September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Barr Petition Denied
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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Colorful Rehearing Motion in DeLay Associate Case
September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Colorful Rehearing Motion in DeLay Associate Case
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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Preview for Week of 9-22-2008
September 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 9-22-2008
The Court is scheduled to meet in private conference this Monday and Tuesday. Any new petitions granted or cases resolved should be reflected in […]
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Order List for September 19, 2008
September 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List for September 19, 2008
This week’s order list was fairly quiet for court watchers. No new opinions, no new grants, and no other unusual orders.
Yesterday, the Court did […]
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Interesting U.S. Constitution Resource
September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Justice Don Willett wrote an op-ed piece on Wednesday that was published by the Austin American-Statesman online. The occasion was Constitution Day, and Justice […]
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Brimer-Davis Case Moves To Dallas
September 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Brimer-Davis Case Moves To Dallas
In an unusual order, the Texas Supreme Court has transferred the Kim Brimer–Wendy Davis election dispute from the Fort Worth Court to the Dallas Court.
The […]
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