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Briefs for today’s oral argument about mail-in voting

May 20th, 2020 · Comments Off on Briefs for today’s oral argument about mail-in voting

With the Texas appellate websites still down, I wanted to provide a blog post that collects in one place all the filings in the case […]

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Orders of May 15, 2020 [updated]

May 15th, 2020 · Comments Off on Orders of May 15, 2020 [updated]

With today’s orders list (PDF version), the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in 4 argued cases and 1 case decided by per curiam without oral […]

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Tags: Order Lists

SCOTX resources you may want while the Court website is down

May 14th, 2020 · Comments Off on SCOTX resources you may want while the Court website is down

With the official Texas court websites down for the time being after a ransomware attack, you may be landing on this blog looking for information […]

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Tags: News and Links

Orders of May 8, 2020

May 8th, 2020 · Comments Off on Orders of May 8, 2020

This was the first set of orders during the shutdown of the Texas court system websites. A PDF version of these orders was sent out […]

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Tags: Order Lists

When should we expect the cases argued in the fall to be decided?

October 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on When should we expect the cases argued in the fall to be decided?

The Court’s new schedule seems simple enough. Cases argued in one term are decided before that term formally ends on August 31. The Court now […]

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Tags: Practice Notes

October argument sitting

October 7th, 2019 · Comments Off on October argument sitting

The Court has loosely themed this week’s argument days. Tuesday has two oil & gas cases, mixed with a certified question about the Texas fraudulent-transfer […]

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Tags: Docket Updates

Second September argument sitting

September 23rd, 2019 · Comments Off on Second September argument sitting

Set for Argument

Week of September 23, 2019

Tuesday Sep 24

Clinton W. (“Buddy”) Pike, Sr., […]

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Tags: Docket Updates

Oral arguments begin for the 2020 Term

September 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on Oral arguments begin for the 2020 Term

The Texas Supreme Court has front-loaded its argument calendar this year, with two weeks of arguments scheduled for September.

This first week marks the first argument […]

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Tags: Docket Updates