Appellate Law

Texas Supreme Court Orders 9/5/08
The Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions with today's short set of regular Friday orders.  It's nice to get a breather after last week's flood of new decisions.

Supreme Court Orders & Programming Note
The Texas Supreme Court kicked off Spring Break here in Austin by issuing no opinions with today’s orders.  Of interest, the Court set two cases for oral argument in Lubbock under the Texas Constitution’s “traveling roadshow” provision (art...

Texas Supreme Court Orders 7/18/07
In keeping with the start of summer recess, today's Texas Supreme Court orders were something of a non-event to anyone other than folks with a direct interest in the listed cases...

Texas Supreme Court Orders 8/8/08
As expected, the Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions with today's regular Friday orders.  I foresee two more sets like this one, but the orders expected on August 29 will be the last for the fiscal year...

Texas Supreme Court Orders 9/12/08
The Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions with this week's orders. All eyes between here and the Gulf Coast are on Hurricane Ike.  You know things are serious when high school and college football games are rescheduled.

Texas Supreme Court Orders 8/22/08
The Texas Supreme Court issued its last "summer recess" orders today.  As expected, no opinions were issued. The floodgates should open with next Friday's orders.  It's the last Friday of the fiscal year, so opinions issued next week will be reflected in the 2007-08 statistics.

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Dumb Texas Laws
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Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Texas Employment Law
alleged violations of Texas labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Greka Oll and Gas
EPA Orders Clean-up of Toxic PCBs

Texas' KB Home Hit with Price Fixing Class Action
Texas' KB Home Faces Price Fixing Class-Action

BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act
BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation