
“[W]e kind of do have a reputation around here for being sticklers for the rules,” a Dallas County district judge quipped when denying a motion for leave to file a late summary judgment response. See Verhalen v. Akhtar, — S.W.3d
“As Justice Scalia memorably said, Article III requires a plaintiff to first answer a basic question: ‘What’s it to you?’” Food & Drug Admin. v. All. For Hippocratic Med., 602 U.S. 367, 379 (2024) (quoting A. Scalia, The Doctrine of…
“Lawyers are an indispensable part of the pursuit of justice.”
The rarely cited Standards of Conduct for the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure—found in the TRAP following Section Five—begins with this statement. The Standards explain that:
The appellate lawyer’s role…