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Order List for March 6, 2009

March 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for March 6, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court released opinions in one merits decision with today’s order list. The remainder of the order list contained routine denials of […]

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Preview for Week of 3-2-2009

March 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-2-2009

The Texas Supreme Court’s calendar this week is open, with no events scheduled other than Friday’s regular order list.

Today is Texas Independence Day. (( It […]

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Web 2.0, Meet the State Bar of Texas

February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Web 2.0, Meet the State Bar of Texas

This week, the State Bar of Texas launched its own Texas Bar Blog. There are already some announcements about this year’s YouTube contest and […]

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On Dissents from the Denial of Review

February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on On Dissents from the Denial of Review

In today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court denied the petition for review in Jerry Gurkoff, D.O. v. Jersak, No. 08-0398 (DB). But two […]

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Order List of February 27, 2009

February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List of February 27, 2009

I can already see a couple of things on today’s order list that deserve their own longer posts. For now, here is the overview…

Six […]

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Bill to Open Up the Court’s Internal Votes

February 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Bill to Open Up the Court’s Internal Votes

A reader points me to Senate Bill 780 introduced by Senator Kirk Watson of Austin that would open up many of the Texas Supreme Court’s […]

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Preview for Week of 2-23-2009

February 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 2-23-2009

After a quiet order list last week, the Texas Supreme Court is meeting for a private conference today and tomorrow. Any opinions finalized or […]

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Order List for February 20, 2009

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

In this holiday-shortened week, there was little activity on the weekly order list. The Court did not issue any opinions or grant any petitions.

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