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Texas Supreme Court in the News 

Follows all cases pending in the Texas Supreme Court.
Post Frequency: 2.9/day Last Entry: March 22, 2011 at 06:00:00 Recent Entries: 187
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Time nearly up on malpractice suit against missing doctor (Austin American-Statesman)
Posted on March 27, 2010Discussing: DEBBIE STOCKTON, AS PARENT AND NEXT FRIEND OF WILLIAM STOCKTON, A MINOR v. HOWARD A. OFFENBACH, M.D., 09-0446
Texas Strip-Club Tax Called Naked Money Grab (Wall Street Journal)
Posted on March 26, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
Barely Speaking (Texas Tribune)
Posted on March 26, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
State High Court weighs strip club 'pole tax' (San Antonio Express-News)
Posted on March 26, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
Texas Gets Its Day To Defend Strip Club "Pole Tax" (AmLaw Daily)
Posted on March 26, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
No Sin Taxes in the Champagne Room (Above the Law)
Posted on March 26, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
SCOTX Update: Mandamus and Forum Shopping (Appellate Record)
Posted on March 26, 2010Discussing: IN RE LAIBE CORPORATION, 09-0426 ----- and IN RE UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, 07-0871</ul>
The Colony, Frisco settle land dispute (Dallas Morning News)
Posted on March 25, 2010Discussing: CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS v. NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS, 09-0069
State Supreme Court will hear BudaFirst?s case (Austin American-Statesman)
Posted on March 25, 2010Discussing: IN RE JIM HOLLIS, CHRISTOPHER JUUSOLA, 10-0183
A district court order vacating a Texas arbitration award and ordering a new proceeding can be immediately appealed (SCOTXblog)
Posted on March 12, 2010Discussing: EAST TEXAS SALT WATER DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC. v. RICHARD LEON WERLINE, 07-0135
An ultra vires suit must be pleaded against state officials in their official capacities, not the state itself (SCOTXblog)
Posted on March 12, 2010Discussing: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE v. RECONVEYANCE SERVICES, INC., 07-0786
Testimony about a driver?s illegal-immigrant status was harmful error and cause for a new trial (SCOTXblog)
Posted on March 12, 2010Discussing: TXI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, ET AL. v. RANDY HUGHES, ET AL., 07-0541
When does a trial court?s discovery schedule extend the 120-day statutory deadline for medical expert reports? (SCOTXblog)
Posted on March 12, 2010Discussing: SPECTRUM HEALTHCARE RESOURCES, INC., AND MICHAEL SIMS v. JANICE MCDANIEL AND PATRICK MCDANIEL, 07-0787
Mansfield couple gains ground after latest ruling on defective house (Dallas Morning News)
Posted on March 02, 2010Discussing: PERRY HOMES, A JOINT VENTURE, HOME OWNERS MULTIPLE EQUITY, INC., AND WARRANTY UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. ROBERT E. CULL AND S. JANE CULL, 05-0882
Spokesman: $51 million award 'jackpot justice' (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Posted on March 01, 2010Discussing: PERRY HOMES, A JOINT VENTURE, HOME OWNERS MULTIPLE EQUITY, INC., AND WARRANTY UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. ROBERT E. CULL AND S. JANE CULL, 05-0882
Toyota 'deliberately withheld' evidence in safety lawsuits, House panel says (Los Angeles Times)
Posted on February 27, 2010Discussing: IN RE TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AND TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., 10-0104
Texas high court resets clock on records requests (Austin American-Statesman)
Posted on February 27, 2010Discussing: CITY OF DALLAS v. GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, 07-0931
Texas SC: Class representation by assignment should be scrutinized (Southeast Texas Record)
Posted on February 25, 2010Discussing: SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MARKETING ON HOLD, INC. D/B/A SOUTHWEST TARIFF ANALYST, 05-0748
A Bumpy Road Ahead: Toyota enters this week's congressional hearings reeling... (Newsweek)
Posted on February 22, 2010Discussing: IN RE TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AND TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., 10-0104
Texas high court redefines response time in state open records law (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)
Posted on February 22, 2010Discussing: CITY OF DALLAS v. GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, 07-0931
On the Records: 10 Days, Give or Take (Texas Tribune)
Posted on February 22, 2010Discussing: CITY OF DALLAS v. GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, 07-0931
Supreme Court Issues Opinion in Case Eight Days After Being Sued By Parties (Texas Lawyer)
Posted on February 19, 2010Discussing: SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MARKETING ON HOLD, INC. D/B/A SOUTHWEST TARIFF ANALYST, 05-0748
Four opinions, with the first dissents and concurrence of the Term [Feb. 19, 2010] (SCOTXblog)
Posted on February 19, 2010Discussing: SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MARKETING ON HOLD, INC. D/B/A SOUTHWEST TARIFF ANALYST, 05-0748 ----- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS v. LARRY KELLEY, 07-0485 ----- IN RE ADM INVESTOR SERVICES, INC., 08-0570 ----- and CITY OF DALLAS v. GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, 07-0931</ul>
Texas Supremes Deem Assignee Inadequate Class Representative (Blawgletter)
Posted on February 19, 2010Discussing: SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. MARKETING ON HOLD, INC. D/B/A SOUTHWEST TARIFF ANALYST, 05-0748
Nine-Year Legal Fight Over Waco Police Official's Firing Not Over Yet (KWTX)
Posted on February 19, 2010Discussing: CITY OF WACO, TEXAS v. LARRY KELLEY, 07-0485
Who owns groundwater in the aquifer? (San Antonio Express-News)
Posted on February 18, 2010Discussing: THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS v. BURRELL DAY AND JOEL MCDANIEL, 08-0964
Is Exotic Dancing a Form of Free Speech? (New York Times Economix Blog)
Posted on February 16, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
Earning Money from Naked Ladies Dancing (Tax.com)
Posted on February 16, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
High Court Hears Texas Water Rights Case (KUT (NPR))
Posted on February 16, 2010Discussing: THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS v. BURRELL DAY AND JOEL MCDANIEL, 08-0964
Supreme Court to hear appeal on strip club ?pole tax? (Austin American-Statesman)
Posted on February 12, 2010Discussing: SUSAN COMBS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. TEXAS ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND KARPOD, INC., 09-0481
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He is a very smart man who is always looking for ways around things. The judge granted our divorce for December 12,2007, and my ex-husband told me that he just got married just before Thanksgiving. He is a student at Cal
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