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Entries from April 2009

An Entergy-related bill to make your head spin

April 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on An Entergy-related bill to make your head spin

This one is confusing enough to make you glad you’re not a judge.

If you saw the Statesman editorial a few weeks ago about Entergy you […]

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The Texas Supreme Court is recognized as “insurance jurist of the year” by Lexis

April 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Texas Supreme Court is recognized as “insurance jurist of the year” by Lexis

You’ve probably seen this mentioned on the Court’s own press release or maybe in Texas Lawyer. No one who has followed the Court’s recent […]

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First American is up for conference at SCOTUS

April 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

And the folks at SCOTUSblog have chosen it as a “petition to watch” for the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 1, 2009 conference. (( Most […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Preview for Week of 4-27-2009

April 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 4-27-2009

The Supreme Court of Texas has a two-day private conference beginning today. We should know any petitions granted or cases disposed in this Friday’s […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

Certified Question About Texas Open Beaches Act [Update]

April 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments

The Fifth Circuit has been hearing a challenge to the constitutionality of the Texas Open Beaches Act (Wikipedia or Statutes).

Yesterday, a panel of the Fifth […]

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Order List for April 24, 2009

April 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for April 24, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court ended its week with a quiet (although quite long) weekly order list. No opinions were issued, and no cases were […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Preview for Week for 4-20-2009

April 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on Preview for Week for 4-20-2009

The Court’s public calendar is open this week until the regular Friday order list.

Articles from the Past Week

The Court decided four cases in last week’s […]

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Order List for April 17, 2009

April 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for April 17, 2009

With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued four sets of opinions and also granted review in four cases to be heard this fall.

One […]

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Tags: Order Lists