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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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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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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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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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Roundup: Entergy Bill, Open Records Bill, New Fort Worth Rules

April 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Roundup: Entergy Bill, Open Records Bill, New Fort Worth Rules

Today’s “Practice Before the Texas Supreme Court” CLE

It looks like a good one. I will, unfortunately, not be there because of a conflicting engagement. […]

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Tags: News and Links · Practice Notes

Proposed Changes to the TRAPs and Post-Trial Motions

April 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Proposed Changes to the TRAPs and Post-Trial Motions

The Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee is meeting Friday and Saturday to discuss proposed rules including adding e-filing to the Texas Rules of Appellate […]

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