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Quiet orders list [Jul. 20, 2012]

July 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Quiet orders list [Jul. 20, 2012]

The Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list this week. No opinions were issued, and no cases were selected for oral argument.

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Tags: Order Lists

The new TAMES search window is online

July 18th, 2012 · Comments Off on The new TAMES search window is online

This week the Court has rolled out the first public part of the TAMES system, its docket pages and the search window you use to […]

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Tags: Legal Tech · News and Links

Roundup: primary runoff, Justice Willett op-ed about the ACA decision, and TAMES is coming this week

July 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on Roundup: primary runoff, Justice Willett op-ed about the ACA decision, and TAMES is coming this week

The Medina-Devine runoff is July 31st

Compared to 2010 (when there was the excitement of an open seat and a wide-open primary), there has been relatively […]

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Nestle II: Revisiting the Texas business-margins tax

July 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on Nestle II: Revisiting the Texas business-margins tax

You may remember In re Nestle USA, Inc., No. 11-0855 (DB), one of this term’s cases challenging the Texas business-margins tax.

The first of those cases […]

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Tags: Case Notes

A quiet orders list today [Jul. 13, 2012]

July 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on A quiet orders list today [Jul. 13, 2012]

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions or choose any new cases for oral argument with this week’s orders list.

The Court’s calendar doesn’t […]

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Some upcoming construction on the blog (and an update on DocketDB)

July 9th, 2012 · Comments Off on Some upcoming construction on the blog (and an update on DocketDB)

SCOTXblog will be undergoing some major construction this summer.

The timing is driven by the imminent launch of TAMES in the Texas Supreme Court. The […]

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Tags: DocketDB · SCOTXblog Announcements

Texas Supreme Court rejects notice by publication for many parental-termination cases [Jul. 6, 2012]

July 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Texas Supreme Court rejects notice by publication for many parental-termination cases [Jul. 6, 2012]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court released one opinion. The Court did not select any new cases for oral argument this fall.

Notice […]

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Tags: Order Lists

Twelve decisions and two cases granted for argument this fall [Jun. 29, 2012]

June 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on Twelve decisions and two cases granted for argument this fall [Jun. 29, 2012]

With today’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in a dozen cases. The Court also chose two new petitions for oral argument […]

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Tags: Order Lists