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Texas Greenbook Citation Format
The Sixteenth Edition of the Texas Greenbook, released in 2025, provides citation formats for the business court and the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. Rule 7.1.1 Business Court Case Citation The Greenbook specifies that the citation for all reported Business Court cases should include the Business Court public domain cite and the South Western Reporter cite, if available. The cite should have the case name; the Business Court public domain cite; the specific paragraph containin
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Supreme Court of Texas addresses Fifteenth Court of Appeals' jurisdiction
The Supreme Court of Texas has recently addressed the Fifteenth Court of Appeals' jurisdiction in Baumgardner v. Brazos River Auth. ,...
Jun 271 min read
HB 40 passes the Senate and awaits the Governor's signature.
HB 40, filed by Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R – Odessa), makes several changes to Chapter 25A of the Government Code. The amended version out...
May 292 min read
Fifteenth Court opinion addresses Business Court jurisdiction
The Fifteenth Court of Appeals recently addressed whether the Business Court's jurisdiction included cases filed before September 1, 2024...
Apr 111 min read
Does the Fifteenth Court of Appeals have statewide general civil intermediate appellate jurisdiction?
The Supreme Court of Texas considered two motions to transfer addressing the scope of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals' jurisdiction and...
Mar 132 min read
Fifteenth Court of Appeals analyzes scope of immunity waiver in Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.151
On January 28, 2025, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals issued a memorandum opinion in Cause No. 15-24-00065-CV, City of Rio Vista v....
Jan 281 min read
Business court jurisdiction question on appeal to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals.
In two proceedings filed at the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, a mandamus and a traditional appeal, Synergy Global Outsourcing, LLC...
Jan 281 min read
Fifteenth Court of Appeals grants Google's requested relief to allow State's deposition to proceed.
On October 31, 2024, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals heard argument in Cause Nos. 15-24-00087-CV, In re Google, LLC (Midland...
Jan 161 min read
Upcoming Oral Arguments
Attorney David Campbell (O'Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo) presenting oral argument on November 18, 2024 The following cases are set for...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Location of the 15th Court
The offices for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals are located in suite 607 of the William P. Clements Building in Austin, Texas. Recently,...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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