Today the Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list. It did not issue any opinions or grant any petitions for review.
The Court’s public […]
Entries from April 2010
No opinions or new grants today [Apr. 30, 2010]
April 30th, 2010 · Comments Off on No opinions or new grants today [Apr. 30, 2010]
Tags: Order Lists
Guzman’s second opinion; Education Commissioner not a “party” to appeals of his own decisions [Apr. 23, 2010]
April 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Guzman’s second opinion; Education Commissioner not a “party” to appeals of his own decisions [Apr. 23, 2010]
The Court issued one opinion with today’s orders list. It did not grant any new cases for oral argument.
Today’s opinion was Justice Guzman’s second […]
Tags: Order Lists
Forum-selection clause in favor of foreign parent company; SCOTX formally accepts Ninth Circuit’s certified question [orders of Apr. 16, 2010]
April 16th, 2010 · Comments Off on Forum-selection clause in favor of foreign parent company; SCOTX formally accepts Ninth Circuit’s certified question [orders of Apr. 16, 2010]
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued five opinions — four of which relate to the long-running dispute over the Kenedy ranching fortune.
I’ll […]
Tags: Order Lists
Lehrmann wins close primary runoff
April 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on Lehrmann wins close primary runoff
The turnout for the runoff in the 2010 Texas Republican primary was 2.55% of registered Texas voters. So it’s no surprise that the Secretary […]
Tags: Elections
SCOTX Place 3 primary runoff tomorrow
April 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on SCOTX Place 3 primary runoff tomorrow
Tomorrow is the primary runoff day in Texas, and the only statewide race on either party’s ballot is the contest between former Representative Rick Green […]
Tags: Elections
Ninth Circuit certifies a question about Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Yesterday, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit certified a question of Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court. If the Texas […]
Tags: Case Notes
Rehearing granted in the Marks hospital-bed case
April 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Rehearing granted in the Marks hospital-bed case
In its big orders list last August, the Texas Supreme Court decided Marks v. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, No. 07-0783 (docket and briefs) a case […]
Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists
*Zinc Nacional*: The minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction must also be relevant to the tort
April 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on *Zinc Nacional*: The minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction must also be relevant to the tort
Zinc Nacional, S.A. v. Bouché Trucking, Inc., No. 09-0734 (per curiam) (docket and briefs)
This case turned on a subtle but important distinction in personal jurisdiction.
Here, […]
Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists
