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Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, and the En Banc Court

The dry-sounding issue before the en banc court in Planned Parenthood v. Kauffman ...

The sounds of silence, appellate style

By David Coale on November 23, 2020 Posted in Appellate Procedure, Courts

Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sounds of Silence begins: “Hello darkness, my old friend ...

Contacts are not always contacts

By David Coale on November 18, 2020 Posted in Courts, Personal Jurisdiction

“Sharing liability is not the same as sharing an identity. As our colleagues in the Ninth ...

Intervention Imperatives

By David Coale on November 16, 2020 Posted in Appellate Procedure, Courts

Richardson v. Flores reviewed the standards for intervention into an ongoing appeal ...

Continuing Trespass is Not Necessarily an Irreparable Injury

By Carrington Coleman on November 13, 2020 Posted in Appellate, Courts

Good fences make good neighbors … sometimes. Two parties owning adjoining ...

We didn’t start the fire?

By David Coale on November 11, 2020 Posted in Courts, Discovery

Billy Joel disputed causation about starting the fire. So did the parties in Coastal Bridge ...

Another sighting of B.C. v. Steak N Shake

By David Coale on November 10, 2020 Posted in Appellate Procedure, Courts, Summary Judgment

As the Flying Dutchman restlessly travels the Seven Seas, so does B.C. v. Steak N Shake ...

Untimely pizza order

By David Coale on November 9, 2020 Posted in Contracts, Courts

An “area developer” for Pizza Inn did not timely renew his option contract related ...

Holding Over?

By David Coale on November 4, 2020 Posted in Contracts, Courts

The issue in 9503 Middlex, Inc. v. Continental Motors, Inc. was whether a commercial ...

Challenging Personal Jurisdiction? Decide Fast

By Carrington Coleman on November 4, 2020 Posted in Appellate, Courts

Does an attorney’s appearance and participation in a TRO hearing and entrance ...

Moot?

By David Coale on October 27, 2020 Posted in Courts, Moot

In FDIC v. Belcher, Belcher complained about the FDIC’s power to take his deposition ...

Staying the Staying?

By David Coale on October 26, 2020 Posted in Constitutional Law, Courts

In one of many recent election-law disputes, the panel majority in Richardson v. Hughs ...

No diversity about diversity over Diversity

By David Coale on October 21, 2020 Posted in Courts

The dispute in Smith v. Toyota Motor Corp. was whether there was diversity jurisdiction ...

Parker County court system impacted by computer security incident

By Amy Starnes on October 19, 2020 Posted in Courts, Cybersecurity, Technology

Parker County officials announced that on October 16 they discovered the county computer system had come under attack in an unspecified security incident. As officials attempted to stop the damage, sought to investigate, and seek repairs, the county’s court system was taken offline and all courts are closed at this time. Parker County District Clerk...… Continue Reading