This Week's Supreme Court Orders

The Texas Supreme Court issued no opinions with today's orders.  Interestingly, the Court denied the motion to recuse filed in In re Columbia Medical Center, Subsidiary, L.P. (No. 06-0416) (previously discussed here and  here), which reportedly had been set for oral argument with the mandamus petition next Thursday.

UPDATE: The Court's spokesman, Osler McCarthy, has confirmed that reports of a hearing on the Columbia motion were mere rumors.  Accordingly, I have taken down today's earlier post on that subject.  Ugh!

Interesting Recusal Motion in Supreme Court

Appellate geeks like me are already interested in In re Columbia Medical Center, Subsidiary, L.P.  (No. 06-0416), a case in which the Texas Supreme Court will re-examine whether a trial court's decision to grant a new trial is reviewable by mandamus.  (Oral argument is set for September 27.)  But the real parties in interest have filed a recusal motion that will lift more than a few eyebrows.  Texas Lawyer provides the details here.