Supreme Court of Texas No Longer Requires Paper Courtesy Copies of Documents.

Per Jeff Levinger, Chair of the excellent Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas, effective immediately the Texas Supreme Court no longer requires courtesy paper copies of electronically filed documents. If you have questions or concerns you can contact Blake A. Hawthorne at SCOTX.

Texas Supremes Start with a System that Will Eventually Replace Paper with Ecommunication

The Texas Supremes adopt Texas Appeals Management and eFiling System (TAMES) after Houston's First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals do. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the other Texas state intermediate appellate courts will follow afterwards. Eventually, communication between counsel and the court and the courts internal communication will be all electronic, speeding up and simplifying procedures. This is from the Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.