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Thursday: An Evening with the Texas Supreme Court

April 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Thursday: An Evening with the Texas Supreme Court

This Thursday (April 26th) is the “Evening with the Texas Supreme Court” reception and panel discussion. And don’t let the name fool you: The […]

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Six opinions and one grant [Apr. 20, 2012]

April 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Six opinions and one grant [Apr. 20, 2012]

With Friday’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court issued six opinions, granted one new petition to be argued this fall, and denied rehearing of a […]

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Quiet orders list – Supreme Court Advisory Committee tackles divorce forms for unrepresented litigants [Apr. 13, 2012]

April 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment

The Texas Supreme Court issued a quiet orders list this morning, with no opinions and no new cases chosen for argument.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Advisory […]

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NPR story about Virginia’s “Episcopal Battle”

April 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on NPR story about Virginia’s “Episcopal Battle”

On Tuesday afternoon, I heard an NPR story about a legal battle in Virginia that reminded me of some cases that will be heard by […]

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An order restoring a judicial candidate to the ballot

April 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on An order restoring a judicial candidate to the ballot

On Wednesday March 28th, the Texas Supreme Court granted a judicial candidate’s request to be restored to the ballot.

The case is In re Rebecca Ramirez […]

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No opinions or grants today [Apr. 6, 2012]

April 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on No opinions or grants today [Apr. 6, 2012]

The Texas Supreme Court released a quiet orders list today, with no opinions or new cases chosen for review.

The next scheduled conference of the Justices […]

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The original Texas open-beaches holding survives rehearing – three other cases decided – six new grants [Mar. 30, 2012]

March 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on The original Texas open-beaches holding survives rehearing – three other cases decided – six new grants [Mar. 30, 2012]

From the title of this post, you can tell there was quite a bit of activity on today’s orders list.

Due to my own poor planning […]

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No opinions – stay denied in the El Paso election case [Mar. 23, 2012]

March 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on No opinions – stay denied in the El Paso election case [Mar. 23, 2012]

The Texas Supreme Court did not issue any opinions with today’s orders list.

The Court did issue two preliminary orders related to the El Paso mayor-recall […]

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