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The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to

the collection and preservation of papers, photographs, and significant artifacts relating to the Supreme Court of Texas,

the appellate courts, and Texas judicial history.

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NEW LEGAL HISTORY SERIES LAUNCHED

The first volume in the Society's Texas Legal Studies

Series is a biography of Justice Tom C. Clark, the only Texan to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Published by the University of Texas Press in November, the book was written by Justice Clark's daughter, Mimi Clark Gronlund. The second volume in the series, titled The Laws of Slavery in Texas, was released in late January.

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