This week, the Dallas Court of Appeals – consisting of eight newly elected justices and five veteran justices – issued an en banc decision that only an appellate nerd could truly love.
In Cruz v. Ghani, the court answered a technical question about the timing of en banc motions for rehearing that has long troubled Texas appellate lawyers. In doing so, the court demonstrated a scholarly and collegial approach, issuing detailed majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions on this difficult question of appellate procedure. And the court was unanimous in the ultimate result: reconsideration of a 2018 panel opinion by the entire 2019 court was not warranted.
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This is the first article in an ongoing series about appellate law topics in The Texas Lawbook.