Texas Supreme Court Justices Discuss Their Views on Dissents and Contrasting View's in Texas's Highest Civil Court

If you've got a case going before the Texas Supreme Court, this Texas Lawyer article will be of interest, and possibly help to you. Justices Jeff Brown and Jeff Boyd are interviewed. The Texas Lawyer has a weird paywall that lets you read, I believe, five of their articles per month for free.

Keep It Short; Have Every Word Tell

This post is about an article in the Texas Lawyer: "Working on the Clock: the Advantages of Timed Trials." It doesn't just give good advice for how to try a case on time limits, but argues that most of the changes advocates have to make are improvements. This appears to be true about timed trials; it is even more true about motion argument and appellate oral argument. Omit needless words. I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter. Prominent plaintiffs' attorney Mark Lanier's advocacy advice in the piece is particularly good.

How Sharon Keller's Case Might Not Be Over

I don't know of a place where you can find this for free, but the Texas Lawyer has an article clearly explaining how Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's judicial misconduct case is not over yet. The meaty piece--great work by TL Senior Reporter Mary Alice Robbins--in no way lends itself to summary. The Commission's examiner--read "prosecutor"--basically argues that since the appellate court found the law to be different than the lower court thought, the lower court should have the benefit of that correction. The Commission might want to vote differently after the legal error was corrected.