The Texas Learn Center
The moves that decide Texas civil cases, in plain language — each a door into the deterministic surface that serves it. This is legal information, not advice; the choices stay yours.
The Monday rule
Why every Texas answer is due on a Monday — and how the 10 a.m. clock actually computes.
Compute your answer deadline →Discovery levels 1·2·3
The control plan IS the discovery budget: hours, counts, and periods by level.
Which Level governs →The TCPA in sixty days
The anti-SLAPP machine: the stay, the clocks, the fee exposure, the instant appeal.
The TCPA machine →Plenary power and the 105-day horizon
30 → 75 → +30: when the trial court loses the judgment forever.
The plenary clock →Eviction, start to possession
Notice to vacate → justice court → possession bond → de novo appeal — the highest-volume machine.
The eviction lifecycle →Mandamus, the civil escape hatch
When there is no adequate appeal: the original-proceeding lane and its record.
The mandamus shield →The ch. 74 gauntlet
Presuit notice, the 120-day expert report, and the dismissal-with-fees cliff.
The ch. 74 gauntlet →Deemed admissions
Silence that becomes conclusive proof — and the narrow road back.
Respond & protect →