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Three petitions granted [Feb. 14, 2014]

February 16th, 2014 · Comments Off on Three petitions granted [Feb. 14, 2014]

With this week’s orders list, the Texas Supreme Court chose three cases for oral argument. One of them will be heard in April; the other […]

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Opinions in four cases [Jan. 17, 2014]

January 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Opinions in four cases [Jan. 17, 2014]

The Court issued opinion in four cases with today’s orders list. It granted review in six cases in a special orders list released Wednesday […]

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Waiver of insurance appraisal clauses; stay granted in an(other) employee-arbitration case [May 6, 2011]

May 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Friday’s theme, once again, was contractual ways to avoid litigation. But the featured special is an “appraisal clause” in an insurance contract, which lets […]

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Sexual harassment torts found preempted by TCHRA; homeowners policy doesn’t cover water-leak mold-damage to structure [Jun. 11, 2010]

June 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on Sexual harassment torts found preempted by TCHRA; homeowners policy doesn’t cover water-leak mold-damage to structure [Jun. 11, 2010]

The Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in six cases today. The Court did not accept any new cases for review.

With Justice O’Neill’s final day […]

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Ninth Circuit certifies a question about Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court

April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit certified a question of Texas insurance law to the Texas Supreme Court. If the Texas […]

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Addendum to 1-11-08 Order List

January 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Addendum to 1-11-08 Order List

While writing about the five things the Court did today, I neglected to mention that it also issued two opinions related to actions it did […]

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