Submission of Electronic Briefing

Cases (listed by year) with Electronic Briefs:
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | Parental Notification

In an effort to allow ready access by the public and lawyers to arguments in the cases that Justices consider, the Texas Supreme Court is now posting on the Court's website the briefs filed in cases in which the Court requests briefs on the merits.

Links to eBriefs received and posted can be found at the top of this page. Individuals subscribing for Case Tracking on a case where an eBrief is posted will receive an email indicating that an ebrief has been posted.

PLEASE NOTE: The submission of a brief in electronic format (eBrief) is not considered a filing in this Court. All eBriefs submitted must have been previously filed in compliance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Files are provided in PDF format. [Free Adobe Acrobat Reader Download]

Additional Resources:

"Texas Supreme Court Makes Briefs Available Online" by Mary Alice Robbins

INFORMATION ON SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC BRIEFING

In order to provide convenient access to briefs filed with the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court posts electronic copies of briefs on its website when it requests briefs on the merits. The Court requests that the parties submit an electronic copy of all briefs on the merits (including amicus and post-submission briefs) as well as the respective petitions, responses, and replies that are already on file.

The Court asks the parties to comply with the following guidelines when submitting eBriefs:

1. The Court prefers the use of searchable PDF files because files in this format generally may not be altered. If this format is not available to you, please use either Microsoft Word (up to Word 2003/XP versions) or WordPerfect (versions 7 through X3). Documents submitted as Word/WordPerfect documents will be converted to searchable PDFs by the Clerk's office.
   
   
2. All eBriefs should be submitted either by email attachment or on a CD.
   
   NOTE: If you are emailing the eBrief and the file size is greater than 5 MB, you will need to separate the document into different files and email each file individually. Please identify each file clearly by labeling the individual parts (e.g. Appendix Part 1, Appendix Part 2, etc.).
   
   
3. Each email subject line or CD must include information or a label which identifies the case style and the case number. In addition, a Certificate of Compliance must accompany the submission of all eBriefs.
   
   
   • Adobe PDF Version of Information Sheet including Certificate of Compliance
   • Microsoft Word Version of Information Sheet including Certificate of Compliance
4. The email attachment or CD must contain only an electronic copy of the submitted filing. The email attachment or CD must not contain any document or material that is not included in the original hard copy of the filing with the Court.
   
   
5. The email attachment or CD must be free of viruses or any other files that would be disruptive to the Court's computer system.
   
   
6. You may submit the eBrief(s) as an email attachment to the following email address: scebriefs@courts.state.tx.us Email attachments must not exceed 5 megabytes.