If you want to cite Wikipedia in an appellate brief, how can you be sure what article your reader will see next month or even the next day?
How to Cite to Wikipedia in Appellate Briefs
November 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Tags: Legal Writing · Practice Notes
No orders [Veterans Day]
November 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on No orders [Veterans Day]
The Texas Supreme Court will not be releasing its regular weekly orders today because the state courts are closed for Veterans Day.
Next Monday, the Justices […]
Tags: Order Lists
Update on the second case challenging the margins tax
November 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Update on the second case challenging the margins tax
I’ve written before about the Allcat Claims Service, L.P. v. Susan Combs, No. 11-0589, challenge to the Texas margins tax, which was argued to the […]
Tags: Case Notes
Motion for rehearing, in screenplay format
October 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Appellate motions for rehearing are a challenge. You need to convey that the Justices have made a critical error, without crossing an invisible line […]
Tags: Case Notes
No opinions today [Oct. 14, 2011]
October 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on No opinions today [Oct. 14, 2011]
It was a fairly quiet orders list today, with no opinions and no petitions granted for future arguments.
There is a two-day private conference of the […]
Tags: Order Lists
Beachfront takings is back on the docket; the laser hair removal case is gone [Oct. 7, 2011]
October 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Beachfront takings is back on the docket; the laser hair removal case is gone [Oct. 7, 2011]
It was a short orders list today. Two of the entries involved cases that the Court had previously placed into “abated” status, removing them […]
Tags: News and Links
Issues in the October sitting; new Fifth Circuit blog; first report on the 2012 SCOTX elections
October 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment
New Fifth Circuit blog
David Coale, former head of the State Bar appellate section, has started a new blog about the Fifth Circuit. It’s called […]
Tags: Case Notes · Elections · News and Links · Weekly Previews
New cases about age discrimination, actual innocence in juvenile cases, and condemnation by electric utilities [Sep. 30, 2011]
September 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on New cases about age discrimination, actual innocence in juvenile cases, and condemnation by electric utilities [Sep. 30, 2011]
With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court granted review in four new cases.
Request for more briefing the home-equity-lending case
Earlier this month, the Court heard […]
Tags: Case Notes · Order Lists
