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Texas Supreme Court Opinions - April 5, 2019
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Posted by Rich Phillips, Stephanie Dooley Nelson, and Connor Bourland In its weekly orders on Friday, April 5, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in three argued cases. The Court did not grant any new cases for review. Justice Busby did not participate in any of these opinions. The... Continue reading
Posted Apr 10, 2019 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinions — March 15, 2019
Posted by Rich Phillips, Melissa Davis, Emily Fitzgerald, and Connor Bourland In its weekly orders on Friday, March 15, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in four argued cases. The Court did not grant any new petitions for review. No. 17-0336, City of Denton v. Rushing — This interlocutory appeal... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2019 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinions — March 8, 2019
Posted by Rich Phillips, Stephanie Dooley Nelson, and Melissa Davis In its weekly order list on March 8, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court issued decisions in four argued cases. The Court did not grant any new petitions for review. Access the complete order list here. The Court issued opinions in... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2019 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinion Summaries — 5/25/18 Opinions
Posted by Rich Phillips and Emily Fitzgerald In its weekly orders on Friday, May 25, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court issued opinions in five argued cases. This leaves the Court with 22 cases to decide before the end of June if the Court is going to continue its trend of... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinions and Orders — 5/11/18
Posted by Rich Phillips and Emily Fitzgerald This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in four argued cases. The Court issued an opinion in a case from the December sitting, two opinions from its late February/early March sitting (the first opinions from that set of cases), and one... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinion Summaries — 4/27/18
Posted by Rich Phillips, Emily Fitzgerald, and Chris Dachniwsky Here are the summaries of the 10 cases issued by the Supreme Court of Texas on April 27, 2018: No. 16-0301, Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC v. Chaparral Energy, LLC — In a unanimous opinion by Justice Boyd, the Supreme Court... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinions and Orders — 4/27/18
Posted by Rich Phillips This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued 10 opinions. Nine were in argued cases and one was a per curiam opinion. The Court continues to make progress toward deciding all of the argued cases this term. There are now 30 argued cases that have not... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinion - 4/20/18
Posted by Rich Phillips This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued one opinion in an argued case. The Court did not grant any new petitions. The opinion is the first authored by Justice Blacklock since he joined the Court in January. No. 16-0786, Adams v. Starside Custom Builders, LLC... Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinion Summaries — 4/13/18
Posted by Rich Phillips As promised, here are the summaries of the 10 opinions the Court issued on Friday. Six of the opinions are in argued cases, so the Court now has 41 remaining cases to decide. The decided cases were from October, November, December, and January. There is now... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinions — 4/13/18
Posted by Rich Phillips This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in six argued cases. The Court also issued an opinion on rehearing in a much-watched insurance case from last term and issued three per curiam opinions. The opinion on rehearing in USAA Lloyds Co. v. Menchaca, No.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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An Error-Preservation Trap that Needs to Be Disarmed
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Posted by Rich Phillips In a memorandum opinion issued last week, the Dallas Court of Appeals again highlighted an error-preservation trap for the unwary and signaled its intent to keep enforcing the rule until someone gets it reversed en banc or by the Supreme Court. The issue stems from a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinions and Orders — 4/6/2018
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Posted by Rich Phillips In its weekly orders this morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in two argued cases. The Court did not grant any new petitions for review. With these two opinions, the Court now has 47 cases that have been argued this term, but not yet... Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2018 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Argument Preview - December 2017 - Perpetuities, Dog Bites, and Anti-SLAPP (again)
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Posted by Rich Phillips In its December sitting, the Supreme Court of Texas is scheduled to hear argument in 11 cases over three days. Issues include the rule against perpetuities (I know ...), vicarious liability, a dog bite at a forward operating base in Iraq, exclusion of evidence, and yet... Continue reading
Posted Dec 4, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Argument Preview - November 2017 - Anti-SLAAP, attorney-client privilege for patent agents, and more
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Posted by Rich Phillips The November argument calendar for the Supreme Court of Texas includes 8 cases, which will be heard on November 7 - November 9. Some highlights of the issues this week include the breadth of Texas's Anti-SLAAP statute (again), whether communications with a patent agent are covered... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinions - 10/27/17
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Posted by Rich Phillips In its weekly order list this morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued one per curiam opinion and granted review in five new cases. In No. 16-0718, City of Magnolia 4A Development Corp. v. Smedley, the Court addressed the timeliness of an interlocutory appeal challenging the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 27, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders - 10/20/17 - First Opinion in a Case Argued this Term
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Posted by Rich Phillips In its weekly order list this morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued the first opinion in a case argued this term. The Court also granted motions to split oral argument time in two cases that will be argued in November and January. The Court issued... Continue reading
Posted Oct 20, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Argument Preview October 2017 - Legal Fees, Taxes, & Tortious Interference with Inheritance Rights, Oh My!
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Posted by Rich Phillips This week, the Texas Supreme Court will hear argument in eight cases over three days. Aside from the legal issues, there are some other interesting wrinkles in these arguments. For example, on Tuesday, the Court will hear argument in Hill v. Shamoun & Norman, LLP. The... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders - 10/6/17
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Posted by Rich Phillips In its weekly order list this morning, the Supreme Court of Texas did not issue any new opinions. The Court accepted a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In No. 17-0781, Bergin v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC, the Court has... Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinions - 9/29/17
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Posted by Rich Phillips We have our first opinions of the Texas Supreme Court's new term and they all relate to causation. The Court issued an opinion in a case that was argued last term but had been abated at the parties' request and issued two per curiam opinions. The... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Orders - 9/22/17
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Posted by Rich Phillips In its weekly order list posted this morning, the Supreme Court of Texas disposed of several (12) pending motions for rehearing of cases decided last term. The Court also granted five petitions for review and set argument in a petition for writ of mandamus. Some of... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas CLE Opportunity - Texas Supreme Court Update
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Posted by Rich Phillips On Thursday, June 15, 2017, I will be part of a webcast panel discussion on recent Texas Supreme Court opinions. The other panelists will be former Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, Mike Hatchell, David Gunn, and Prof. Wayne Scott from St. Mary's University School of Law. The... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinions - 3/3/17
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Posted by Rich Phillips On Friday, March 3, 2017, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in two argued cases: No. 15-0083, M&F Worldwide Corp. v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.—In this appeal of the denial of a special appearance, the Court was asked to decide whether Texas courts could exercise... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Argument Preview - 2/9/17
Posted by Rich Phillips On Thursday, February 9, 2017, beginning at 9:00 am, the Supreme Court of Texas will hear argument in three cases: No. 15-0847, Sommers v. Sandcastle Homes, Inc. consolidated with No. 15-0848, Sommers v. NewBiss Property, LP — In these consolidated cases, there are two primary issues.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Argument Preview - 2/8/17
Posted by Rich Phillips On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, beginning at 9:00 am, the Supreme Court of Texas will hear argument in three cases: No.14-0979, Forest Oil Corp. v. El Rucio Land and Cattle Co., et al. — This appeal challenges the award by an arbitration panel of damages for... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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Texas Supreme Court Opinions and Orders (2/3/17)
Posted by Rich Phillips On February 3, 2017, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in three argued cases. The Court did not grant any new petitions for review. Read the entire order list here. The Court issued opinions in the following cases: No. 15-0073, Paxton v. City of Dallas... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2017 at Texas Appellate Watch
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