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The Fifth Circuit is going electronic and proposing new rules
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is preparing to amend existing rules and adopt new ones. These amendments are mostly prompted by the movement toward electronic filing, which is…
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To Specially Except or Not Specially Except Grounds for Summary Judgment
When should a party specially except to the grounds of a summary judgment motion? Should the non-movant specially except when the grounds are ambiguous? Or if the grounds are not…
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Why “overrule” when you can “disapprove”?
In its recent opinion in Perkins v. City of San Antonio, the San Antonio Court of Appeals stated "we disapprove of our conclusion in Wu [v. City of San Antonio], regarding…
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Remember That If You Move For Traditional Summary Judgment, You Will Want To Attach Evidence To Support Your Arguments
How effective is a motion for summary judgment that has no evidence attached to it? Not very. Sometimes you can dodge a few bullets. Ultimately, you will get hit. That's…
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Late Notice of the Judgment
When a party (or the party's attorney) does not receive actual notice of an adverse judgment within 90 days of that judgment, the party may make use of Texas Civil…
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Mandamus and Supersedeas
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has issued an interesting opinion in a mandamus proceeding involving what is described as an unsuperseded judgment. In In re Romero, Gonzalez & Benavides,…
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Reverse and Render Welcomes Dallas’ Newest Appellate Judge
Governor Perry has appointed Robert M. Fillmore to fill the seat on the Dallas Court of Appeals that was recently vacated by Justice Amos Mazzant. Fillmore comes to the court…
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Justice Lang to speak to Collin County Bar
By Byron Henry
The Collin County Bar Appellate Section will join with the Collin County Bar Association for a meeting at noon on May 15, 2009 at Ralph & Kacoo's in Allen. Our speaker…
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CLE Opportunities
The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section will be having its monthly lunch meeting at noon on Thursday, May 21st at the Belo Mansion. The keynote speakers are Assistant U.S.…
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Rule 193.6 Applies to Summary Judgment Practice
By Byron Henry
The Texas Supreme Court recently held that Rule 193.6 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applies to summary judgment proceedings. Thus, any discoverable information, including expert information under Rule…