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Jury Selection

Race and jury selection …

Posted on September 26, 2008March 3, 2020 by admin

A while back, I posted on a Batson case in the criminal context.  Today, the Supreme Court of Texas handed down a Batson decision in the civil context — a case of…

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Petition granted on a Tyler case …

Posted on September 26, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

In this week’s orders, the Supreme Court of Texas granted review on Kappus.  Kappus is an estate case where an ex-wife got her ex-brother in-law disqualified as…

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Constitution Week: Supreme Court of Texas

Posted on September 19, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

The Supreme Court of Texas did not issue any opinions this week.  There were no Tyler cases in their orders.  So, as discussed in the Last Word post,…

closures

Friday Night Lights Out

Posted on September 12, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

Not long ago, the Tyler court threw out a case by a high school football coach who felt like he had been defamed in a…

Courthouse News

The Interim Report

Posted on September 3, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

I checked out the Interim Report of the Task Force to Ensure Judicial Readiness in Times of Emergency.  Basically, it calls for counties to sign a Memorandum…

Courthouse News

Are our courts prepared for another Rita?

Posted on September 2, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

Gustav, thankfully, wasn’t as bad as feared.  He was plenty bad enough, especially in Louisiana and Mississippi.  Texas has been spared the brunt.  Still, I’m…

Civil Rights

What do we do now?

Posted on August 29, 2008February 28, 2020 by admin

On July 25th, the Supreme Court of Texas issued five identical decisions indicating that it would hold off on deciding the constitutionality of a provision…

Bryan Hughes

Back to School edition of Tyler before the SCoTX

Posted on August 29, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

Twenty two decisions today out of the Supreme Court of Texas.  None in Tyler cases. There was, however, a case involving a Brookshire’s employee out of the Texarkana…

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This week’s “Tyler before the Supreme Court”

Posted on August 22, 2008February 24, 2020 by admin

This week the Supreme Court of Texas took action on a couple of Tyler cases.  The SCoTX had previously declined to hear hear the Willich case.  Then…

Case o' the Year Contender

Talk about stepping in the middle of something …

Posted on August 20, 2008February 17, 2020 by admin

City of Athens v. MacAvoy (Published): An Athens PD officer was sleeping on the job — with a married woman.  The husband finds out, and files a…

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