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Order List for August 21, 2009

August 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for August 21, 2009

The Texas Supreme Court issued one opinion today and granted three new cases for its future argument calendar.

Post-answer defaults; what constitutes evidence of reasonable repair […]

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Other thoughts on Justice Brister’s departure

August 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Other thoughts on Justice Brister’s departure

The official notice from the Texas Supreme Court has now been posted. Justice Brister also spoke with Texas Lawyer about his reasons for leaving.

The […]

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Justice Brister gives notice he’s leaving the Texas Supreme Court in September

August 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Justice Brister gives notice he’s leaving the Texas Supreme Court in September

The Court’s public information officer, Osler McCarthy, just sent the following announcement by email. (There’s not yet a link on the Court’s homepage.)

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Three candidates so far for O’Neill’s seat on the Texas Supreme Court

August 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Three candidates so far for O’Neill’s seat on the Texas Supreme Court

I had heard about Justice Jim Moseley (of the Dallas Court and on Twitter) and Justice Rick Strange (of the Eastland Court) running for Justice […]

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Law clerk hiring officially kicks off on September 8th

August 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Law clerk hiring officially kicks off on September 8th

The Court has posted some information about applying to be a law clerk at the Texas Supreme Court. These clerkships will begin in August […]

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Order List for August 14, 2009

August 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for August 14, 2009

This week’s order list has been released. As expected, it contained a relatively small number of petition denials of cases that were not held […]

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Small programming note: New blog host

August 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Small programming note: New blog host

I’ve just moved the blog to a new hosting provider. In theory, everything should work just the same. If you experience any problems […]

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Order List for August 7, 2009

August 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on Order List for August 7, 2009

It was another quiet summer order list from the Texas Supreme Court this week.

This quiet spell is nearly over. Next week, the Court begins […]

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