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Judge Santini's self-executing standing order in limine for every civil jury trial in the 457th District Court: unless suspended for a specific trial, no attorney may mention, refer to, or suggest 17 enumerated matters before the jury or venire without first approaching the bench and securing a ruling, and each attorney must admonish clients, client representatives, and non-adverse witnesses to do the same (except where essential to a truthful answer to opposing counsel). The prohibited matters: liability insurance; a defendant's liability or non-liability to pay a judgment; collateral-source payments; attorney's fees (unless a fee claim goes to the jury); a party's or witness's criminal suspicion/arrest/charge/conviction; alcohol/tobacco/controlled-substance use; settlement or mediation negotiations; discovery disputes and rulings; prior suits or claims (with a relevance exception for prior injuries); requests for stipulations before the jury; requests for files/documents before the jury (with a recollection-refresh exception); discrimination-based treatment arguments (except exemplary damages); social cost of an award (premiums, prices, taxes); financial hardship from an award or non-award; Golden Rule arguments; the effect of answers to jury questions (with a limited argument exception); and the filing of or rulings on a motion in limine.
Texas > Montgomery County > 457th District Court (Judge Vincenzo J. Santini) — every civil jury trial, self-executing unless suspended for a specific trial. TOPICs doc 101 (text) and its image-only twin doc 90 are the same instrument (dual receipt).
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (doc 101) read in full and quoted verbatim; image-only twin doc 90 (same title) folded as a duplicate registration of the identical instrument. Composed benchpath-ajr2-p2.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
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