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Entries from September 2011

Argument date set for the fast-track challenge to Texas’s business tax [Sep. 9, 2011]

September 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Argument date set for the fast-track challenge to Texas’s business tax [Sep. 9, 2011]

This week’s orders list is out.

The Allcat franchise-tax challenge has an argument date: October 24, 2011

Allcat Claims Service, L.P. and John Weakly v. Susan Combs, […]

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Tags: Order Lists

This Week in SCOTX [Sep. 6, 2011]

September 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on This Week in SCOTX [Sep. 6, 2011]

Here’s what is on the Court’s calendar for this week:

Labor Day (Monday)

The state bar’s Advanced Civil Appellate Seminar (Thursday & Friday). Three of the […]

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Tags: Weekly Previews

How many opinions are left in the pipeline? No opinions today [Sep. 2, 2011]

September 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on How many opinions are left in the pipeline? No opinions today [Sep. 2, 2011]

The Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list. It did bring back one previously abated case to its docket, the Bison […]

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Tags: News and Links · Order Lists

Rule change: Permissive interlocutory appeals

September 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments

New rules should make it easier to get early interlocutory review of key issues in a case.

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Tags: Practice Notes