New Briefing Requests 8-22-2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008 by Don Cruse · 3 Comments
Although the Court’s first order list since returning from the summer was very short, it quietly moved eleven cases forward on the docket. After not having made any requests for briefing on the merits since mid-July, the Court requested full briefing in eleven cases on Friday.
This sort of request for full briefing takes the assent of three Justices and moves these cases one step closer to a decision on the merits.
The list of cases follows the break.
* DOLGENCORP OF TEXAS, INC. D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE v. MARIA ISABEL LERMA, INDIVIDUALLY, ET AL., No. 08-0032
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JAMES ANDERSON, PATRICIA ANDERSON, JACK CROWDER, CATHY CROWDER, GARY DZYAK, GEORGE ROSEMEIER, EVELYN ROSEMEIER, TOBY SIMMONS, AND PEGGY SIMMONS v. CROWN CENTRAL LLC, ET AL., No. 08-0033
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AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE, INC. v. KYLE ALLEN, No. 08-0110
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CITY OF WACO v. DEBRA KIRWAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BRAD MCGEHEE, DECEASED, No. 08-0121. The State of Texas filed an amicus brief in this case at the petition stage.
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CITY OF GRANBURY v. CITY OF CRESSON, No. 08-0143
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IN RE SCOTT ASHTON, DPM., AND ASHTON PODIATRY ASSOCIATES, P.A., No. 08-0183
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TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY, FIRST CHOICE POWER, INC., AND TEXAS GENERATING CO., L.P. v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, ET AL., No. 08-0187
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BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE v. ROY A. CAMBERG, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANA JULIA ORTIZ, DECEASED; AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AS NEXT FRIEND OF ANA DELIA MEJIA ORTIZ, A MINOR, ENID VALENTINA MEJIA ORTIZ, A MINOR, AND RIGO, No. 08-0205
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BASIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC., TRANSCONTINENTAL REALTY INVESTORS, INC., CONTINENTAL POYDRAS CORP., CONTINENTAL COMMON, INC., AND CONTINENTAL BARONNE, INC. v. DYNEX COMMERCIAL, INC. AND DYNEX CAPITAL, INC., No. 08-0244
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CARMELITA P. ESCALANTE, M.D., E. EDMUND KIM, M.D., EDGARDO RIVERA, M.D. AND FRANKLIN C. WONG, M.D. v. DONITA ROWAN AND JAMES NIESE, No. 08-0248
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ROY KENJI YAMADA, M.D. v. LAURA FRIEND, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF SARAH ELIZABETH FRIEND, DECEASED, AND LUTHER FRIEND, INDIVIDUALLY, No. 08-0262
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Jeff N. // Aug 25, 2008 at 11:13 am
Thanks for this post, Don, it’s very helpful. Is there a list on the Court’s website or elsewhere where briefing requests are updated daily? I follow Osler’s link on Fridays to “Decisions in cases (motions, requests, etc.),” but your information is fresher than that. How’d you know? (If you can say….)
2 Don Cruse // Aug 25, 2008 at 11:45 am
Jeff,
As for your first question, the Court does release a weekly database report that includes some of this information, including new briefing requests. The link is here.
The short answer to your second question — how I track the docket — is that I created my own database system that lets me track it in the ways that are more interesting to me.
The long answer will come in another blog post later this week.
Don
3 Jeff N. // Aug 25, 2008 at 11:50 am
Thanks for sharing that info, Don. We represent the petitioners in one of those cases and your blog delivered a scoop to us this morning. We hadn’t yet received notice by letter or case-mail of the request for full briefing. You’re good.