On Friday, the Court requested briefing on the merits in more than twenty pending cases. Through that link, you can see the full list […]
Entries from November 2009
Thanksgiving week briefing requests
November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: News and Links
New CVSG; Exxon well-plugging cases to be reheard; a (rare) improvident grant; four new grants [orders Nov. 20, 2009]
November 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today’s Texas Supreme Court order list had something for everybody. The Court:
decided a class certification issue, resolved a question about landowners’ duties […]
Tags: Order Lists · Practice Notes
On the docket: Texas Open Beaches Act; mold coverage; pleading a taking
November 19th, 2009 · Comments Off on On the docket: Texas Open Beaches Act; mold coverage; pleading a taking
The Texas Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments this morning in three cases.
One of the cases is Severance v. Patterson, a certified question from […]
Tags: Case Notes
Case: Statute of Repose in Medical Malpractice in Texas
November 19th, 2009 · Comments Off on Case: Statute of Repose in Medical Malpractice in Texas
Texas’s Solicitor General has just filed an amicus brief defending the constitutionality of Texas’s 10-year statute of repose for medical malpractice claims. (( A […]
Tags: Case Notes
On the docket: Suing to enforce a city referendum; med mal experts; jurisdiction over corporate officers
November 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on On the docket: Suing to enforce a city referendum; med mal experts; jurisdiction over corporate officers
The Texas Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments this morning in three cases.
Who (if anyone) has standing to sue a city to enforce a […]
Tags: Case Notes
Google wades into free legal research (for Texas, too!)
November 17th, 2009 · 10 Comments
I’ve written before about how to use Google’s normal search index to find unpublished opinions in Texas.
Google has now formally added legal opinions to another […]
Tags: Legal Tech · News and Links
Winning (on appeal) isn’t everything: Massey Coal and Kelo disappoint the winners
November 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Winning (on appeal) isn’t everything: Massey Coal and Kelo disappoint the winners
It’s sometimes easy to forget that winning in the Supreme Court — even the U.S. Supreme Court — doesn’t always get you what you want.
This […]
Tags: News and Links
No opinions or petition grants [order list for Nov. 13, 2009]
November 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on No opinions or petition grants [order list for Nov. 13, 2009]
The end of this short Veteran’s Day week brought a quiet order list from the Texas Supreme Court, in which no petitions were granted and […]
Tags: Order Lists
