Please put the following sources into hierarchical order for each issue. Label each source as mandatory or persuasive.

Capital Murder (state law) in Texas

Young v. Commonwealth, 50 S.W.3d 435 (Ky. 2001) Tex. Penal Code ANN. 19.03 (West 2011) Texas v. Cobb, 532 U.S. 162 (2001) Patrick S. Metze, Death and Texas: The Unevolved Model of Decency, 90 Neb. L. Rev. 240 (2011) Bible v. State, 162 S.W.3d 234 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005) Kennedy v. State, 338 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. App. 2011) Paredes v. Thaler, 617 F.3d 315 (5th Cir. 2010) Devoe v. State, 354 S.W.3d 457 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Federal Issue in Texas state courts)

Lawrence Rosenthal, Originalism in Practice, 87 Ind. L. J. 1183 (2012) Gonzalez v. State, 353 S.W.3d 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011) Stringer v. Black, 503 U.S. 222 (1992) U.S. v. Fogg, 666 F.3d. 13 (1st Cir. 2011) Garcia v. Texas, 131 S.Ct. 2866 (U.S. 2011) Turpin v. Commonwealth, 350 S.W.3d 444 (Ky. 2011) Sama v. Hannigan, 669 F.3d 585 (5th Cir. 2012) U.S. Const. amend. VIII

Wrongful Death Civil Action (Texas state law in Federal Court, specifically in the M.D. Tenn.)

Ruiz v. Guerra, 293 S.W.3d 706 (Tex. App. 2009) Wichita Falls State Hosp. v. Taylor, 106 S.W.3d 692 (Tex. 2003) Wackman v. Rubsamen, 602 F.3d 391 (5th Cir. 2010) Austin Nursing Center, Inc. v. Lovato, 171 S.W.3d 845 (Tex. 2005) Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. 71.002 (West 2011) Fry v. Lamb Rental Tools, Inc., 275 F. Supp. 283 (W.D. La. 1967) Detroit Crude Oil v. Grable, 94 F. 73 (6th Cir. 1899) Bunt v. Sierra Butte Gold Min. Co., 138 U.S. 483 (1891)