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Cases in the News [Sep. 10, 2012]

September 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on Cases in the News [Sep. 10, 2012]

News articles are still appearing about the Court’s opinions from August 31st:

Michael Maslanska writes “Texas Supreme Court refuses to engraft Ledbetter Act onto the Texas […]

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No opinions or grants; argument in FPL Energy case moved to the October sitting [Sep. 7, 2012]

September 7th, 2012 · Comments Off on No opinions or grants; argument in FPL Energy case moved to the October sitting [Sep. 7, 2012]

It was a relatively quiet orders list this morning. The Court did not issue any opinions or grant any new cases for oral argument.

In an […]

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Cases argued last year that are still waiting on a decision

September 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment

As the Court gets ready to begin its fall argument calendar, you might be wondering which Texas Supreme Court cases were argued last term but […]

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Tags: Case Notes

Does groping count as medical malpractice? That, plus issues about condemnation law, civil commitment, proving negligence, and overturning default judgments [more from Friday’s orders]

September 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on Does groping count as medical malpractice? That, plus issues about condemnation law, civil commitment, proving negligence, and overturning default judgments [more from Friday’s orders]

This is my second installment about last Friday’s big orders list. You can also read the first installment, which summarized five of the cases […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Cases in the news [Sep. 3, 2012]

September 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off on Cases in the news [Sep. 3, 2012]

Here are some of the decisions from this week’s orders list that have made the newspapers (or at least have been picked up by my […]

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Year-End Orders – 18 sets of opinions, 5 new cases set for argument [Aug. 31, 2012]

August 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on Year-End Orders – 18 sets of opinions, 5 new cases set for argument [Aug. 31, 2012]

With today’s [orders list](http://data.scotxblog.com/scotx/orders/2012-08-31), the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in seventeen cases, set five cases for oral argument (into next January), and dismissed a case argued last October as being improvidently granted.

These are the “year end” orders, coming at the end of the State of Texas’s fiscal year. This is also the traditional time for the court statistics to be measured and, as such, usually results in a flurry of opinions. Last year, the Court issued [nineteen opinions](http://data.scotxblog.com/scotx/orders/2011-08-26.htm).

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Tags: Order Lists

Two new cases selected for argument; no opinions today [Aug. 24, 2012]

August 24th, 2012 · Comments Off on Two new cases selected for argument; no opinions today [Aug. 24, 2012]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court chose two new cases for oral argument — one direct appeal and one certified question.

Direct appeal challenging […]

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SCOTX sticks by its holding in the pipeline eminent-domain case; seven new grants, filling out the 2012 argument slate [Aug. 17, 2012]

August 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on SCOTX sticks by its holding in the pipeline eminent-domain case; seven new grants, filling out the 2012 argument slate [Aug. 17, 2012]

The Texas Supreme Court’s orders list had some real activity today, denying a large number of pending rehearing requests and petitions for review.

The Court also […]

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Tags: Order Lists