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Entries from March 2009

Preview for Week of 3-30-2009

March 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-30-2009

The Texas Supreme Court has a one-day argument sitting tomorrow, Tuesday the 31st of March. On the docket are:

American General Finance, Inc. v. Allen, […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Another CVSG

March 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on Another CVSG

The Texas Supreme Court has called for the views of the solicitor general (CVSG) in In re J.O.A., T.J.A.M., T.J.M., and C.T.M., Children, No. 08-0379 […]

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Tags: Case Notes

More Briefing Requests

March 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on More Briefing Requests

Yesterday, the Texas Supreme Court promoted 15 more cases from the petition stage to the briefing on the merits stage. The parties will complete […]

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Tags: News and Links

Last Week’s Hearing on SB780

March 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Last week, the Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 780, the bill to require the Texas Supreme Court to report how each […]

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Order List for March 27, 2009

March 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for March 27, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court handed down opinions in six cases in this morning’s order list and — in perfect balance — selected six new cases […]

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Jefferson Op-Ed on Merit Selection

March 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Jefferson Op-Ed on Merit Selection

The Chief Justice wrote this op-ed advocating merit selection for judges in Sunday’s Houston Chronicle.

The piece echoes the call for merit selection and retention elections […]

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Order List for March 20, 2009

March 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for March 20, 2009

In today’s quiet weekly order list, the Texas Supreme Court denied (or struck) just a handful of petitions. No opinions were issued, and no […]

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Order List for March 13, 2009

March 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for March 13, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or grant any new petitions for review with this week’s order list. The Court did […]

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Tags: Order Lists