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Texas Appeals Court News

Texas appeals lawyer Ryan Clinton has handled a wide variety of Texas appeals, including oil-and-gas appeals, government-law appeals, contract appeals, business appeals, tax appeals, and personal injury appeals. He has also published multiple papers for continuing legal education conferences.

Texas Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Force Attorney General to Approve School Bonds

In In re Waller Independent School District, the school district petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus to force the Texas Attorney General to approve public securities even though the validity of those securities was contested in pending litigation.  The Supreme Court required the Attorney General to file a brief in response to the petition, which was filed 11 days later.  After receiving the Attorney General's response, the Supreme Court denied the school district's petition.  In re Waller Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 08-0079 in the Supreme Court of Texas.

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