Court Opinion

ID: 9755743
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:49:11.771551+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:10.599965
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GRANT, Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority opinion, but write separately to point out that even in a case which has been heard and then taken under advisement by the court, a three month period is allowed for the court to make its ruling. Tex.R. Judicial Admin. 7, reprinted in Tex Gov’t Code Ann., tit. 2, subtit. F App. (Vernon 1998). This is a rule of judicial administration adopted by the Supreme Court of Texas. This rule is set forth in Rule 7(2), which requires a district or statutory county court judge to rule on a case within three months after the case is taken under advisement.
The Kissam case cited by the majority is a case which had been taken under advisement for more than thirteen months, and the court correctly found that was too long. Kissam v. Williamson, 545 S.W.2d 265 (Tex.Civ.App.—Tyler 1976, orig. proceeding). In the present case, the relator complains that the court had not ruled, but it does not appear that the matter was ripe for decision or that it was taken under advisement by the court. However, even if the case was in the posture of being before the court but under advisement, the administrative rule set forth above would suggest that anything less than ninety days would not be an inordinate delay.