With today’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court granted four new cases to be heard in the fall and, at the same time, resolved three […]

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Because the Court is slowing down for the summer, I’m taking a break from my regular “weekly preview” posts. There just isn’t much on […]

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Combs v. Texas Entertainment Association (DocketDB)

That was pretty quick. Just last week, a three-judge panel of the Austin Court ruled 2-1 (in three separate […]

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In re James Allen Hall, No. 07-0322 (DocketDB)

Most attorneys never encounter it, but the Texas Supreme Court does have jurisdiction over a special slice of […]

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With this week’s order list, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in two mandamus cases.

My two case summaries are being posted separately.

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I came across a tweet talking about unpublished opinions in Texas and whether practitioners, to be safe, have to use Westlaw and Lexis to search […]

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In its orders this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the West Virginia Supreme Court’s decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal, holding that […]

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The Statesman editorial board asked the Governor to veto a bill about Texas beaches.

In the next-to-last day of the recent regular legislative session, […]

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