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Entries from January 2009

Order List for January 30, 2009

January 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 30, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions with today’s order list.

The Court has two arguments set next Tuesday. Yesterday, the Court granted […]

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Order List for January 23, 2009

January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 23, 2009

With today’s order list, the Court decided one case — In re Mary Louise Watkins, M.D., No. 06-0658.

This is yet another case about early appellate […]

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Order List for January 16, 2009

January 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 16, 2009

With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued one corrected opinion. That opinion, like the Court’s order earlier in the week about IOLTA […]

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When Should Texas Courts Assume Mexican Courts Don’t Work?

January 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I ran across this blog post by a New York-based international-family-law attorney, Jeremy Morley, discussing a mandamus petition now pending in the Texas Supreme Court.

The […]

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Will IOLTA Programs Be Victims of the Wall Street Crisis?

January 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Will IOLTA Programs Be Victims of the Wall Street Crisis?

The Texas Supreme Court issued an advisory today about setting a new interest rate for IOLTA accounts.

IOLTA programs — “Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts” — […]

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SCOTUS Takes Texas Election Case

January 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on SCOTUS Takes Texas Election Case

The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in an election case that began in Texas, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Mukasey.

The case […]

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Order List for January 9, 2009

January 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for January 9, 2009

The Court issued opinions in four cases today, set one other case for argument, and issued a slew of other orders.

Opinions

Graber v. Fuqua, No. 05‑0303.

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Is SCOTX Bucking the Trend Toward More Oral Arguments?

January 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Texas Appellate Law Blog and Texas Lawyer have mentioned that some intermediate appellate courts are trying to hold more oral arguments.

The Texas Supreme Court, […]

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