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MARCH 11, 2024

The post “In Death Penalty Cases, a Texas Court Tests the Supreme Court’s Patience; The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, one law professor said, treats Supreme Court rulings as ‘optional guideposts rather than the commands of a higher tribunal’” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2022

A Texas federal court judge Tuesday ruled Apple Inc. The Texas US District Court denied Apple’s motion for a new trial and judgement as a matter of law. Following trial, in August 2020 a Texas federal jury found that Apple willfully infringed certain claims of the five asserted patents.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Chief US District Judge Alia Moses rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction from Texas on Wednesday to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting wire fencing at the US-Mexico border. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot interfere with an execution scheduled by the judiciary, emphasizing the importance of separation of powers. The post Texas Supreme Court rejects legislative attempt to halt execution over shaken baby syndrome appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MAY 31, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday rejected three Texas legislators’ emergency application to stay depositions that they are scheduled to give in redistricting lawsuits filed by multiple plaintiffs, including the US Department of Justice. Solicitor General Elizabeth B.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A US federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Texas can leave the floating barrier in the Rio Grande after a district court ordered the state to remove it on Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 17, 2024

“Texas’ migrant-deterring buoys can remain in Rio Grande after appeals court ruling; The action set additional arguments for May and vacated an earlier order that said the floating barrier violated a longstanding federal law”: Aarón Torres of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 17, 2021

“Despite Texas high court ruling, some mask mandates remain”: Juan A. Lozano of The Associated Press has this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Army reservist can sue Texas for improper treatment under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). This injury left Torres unable to return to his previous job as a state trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the case Gonzalez v. Trevino , which concerns the arrest of a Castle Hills, Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her critical speech about the city’s government.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5

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JURIST

MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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Law 360

APRIL 16, 2024

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday reversed a decision by a lower court that named two companies partially owned by a real estate developer that filed for bankruptcy as insolvent as well, saying a state court "abused its discretion" by putting the two entities in receivership.

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JURIST

MAY 15, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court Friday ruled that state agencies in Texas may investigate gender affirming care as child abuse but that the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is not bound to undertake any such investigations. Texas took an interlocutory appeal, superseding the injunction.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled 8-1 that a Texas death row inmate may have his pastor touch him and pray out loud during his execution. If Texas reschedules Ramirez’s execution and declines to permit audible prayer or religious touch, the District Court should therefore enter appropriate preliminary relief.”

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Mondaq

APRIL 7, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sirius XM Radio (Sirius) in a recent decision that could have wide-ranging impact on the methodology.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Friday to rehear a gerrymandering case out of Galveston County, Texas, en banc— meaning the full bench of judges from the Fifth Circuit will sit to rehear arguments. The district court ruled in favor of the petitioners, and Galveston County appealed.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 16, 2024

As Gutierrez’s case comes to the Supreme Court, it centers on his efforts to obtain access to the physical evidence in his case – including scrapings from under Harrison’s nails and a loose hair wrapped around her finger – so that he can test it for DNA evidence at his own expense. Last year, however, the U.S.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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ABA Journal

MAY 25, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that lawyer statements about a client’s allegations made in a press release and social media aren’t protected by the…

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“Federal appeals court lets Texas keep anti-migrant buoys in place for now; A judge in Austin had said Texas installed the floating barrier illegally, rejecting Gov. ” Nick Miroff of The Washington Post reports that “ Texas can keep floating barriers in Rio Grande for now, appeals court says.”

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 2, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in a Texas case that different minority groups cannot jointly claim that their votes have been diluted”: Michael Wines and J. ” You can access yesterday’s 12-to-6 en banc ruling of the U.S. .” David Goodman of The New York Times have this report.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 16, 2022

“US Supreme Court rules El Paso Tigua tribe can legally have bingo at Speaking Rock casino”: Vic Kolenc has this front page article in today’s edition of The El Paso Times. In today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle, Benjamin Wermund has a front page article headlined “ Texas loses U.S.

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HowAppealing

MAY 16, 2022

“Supreme Court Rules for Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case; The Texas senator challenged a federal law that put a $250,000 cap on repayments of candidates’ loans to their campaigns using postelection contributions”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G.

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JUNE 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. The district court ruled in favor of PennEast Pipeline, but the Third Circuit vacated the order. In an opinion delivered by Chief Justice John Roberts, the US Supreme Court reinstated the district court order in favor of PennEast Pipeline.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Texas-based restaurant operator isn't entitled to insurance coverage for its pandemic losses, New York's top court ruled Thursday, saying the operator didn't allege the kind of physical loss or damage required for coverage.

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JURIST

JULY 20, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Wednesday that the family of Jamal Ali Shaw, who died after being tased by police in jail while having a seizure, can sue the officers over Shaw’s death. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 5, 2022

10, 2022, a judge in the Western District of Texas struck down the federal law that prohibits access to guns for people subject to domestic violence protection orders. Supreme Court ruling, NYSRPA v. The ruling in Texas was based on an originalist legal argument rather than the data. But now, the U.S.

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JURIST

JULY 2, 2022

The state of New York, in an emergency session Friday, passed a new gun law in response to the US Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. The Supreme Court ruled that this 100-year-old requirement gave too much discretion to officials.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 16, 2021

“For immigrants with protected status in Texas, U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block the execution of Rick Rhoades, a Texas inmate who was sentenced to death for the 1991 stabbing death of two brothers during a robbery. There were no public dissents from the court’s one-sentence order. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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JUNE 15, 2023

The court found that petitioners lacked proper standing before the court to challenge either provision of the ICWA. Specifically, the court said that the non-Indigenous adoptive parents and Texas were unable to demonstrate likely harm, which is one of the three requirements to establish standing before a federal court.

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American Legal Net

OCTOBER 5, 2021

New Court Rule Sets Available : USDC, California, Central District, Mag. Courts Removed. USDC, Texas, Southern District, Hon. The post October 1, 2021 Court Rules Update appeared first on American Legal Net. Rocconi ( CAMAR ). Atlas ( TXNFA ). .

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 19, 2021

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block the execution of Quintin Jones, a Texas man who was sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of his great-aunt, Berthena Bryant. First, he contended that the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Moore v. There were no publicly recorded dissents from the court’s order.

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LegalReader

APRIL 4, 2022

The Supreme Court has kicked the case back to a lower court, prompting San Antonio officials and conservative activists to both claim victory.

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ABA Journal

JULY 6, 2021

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the mandatory state bar in Texas violates lawyers’ First Amendment rights because of its political and ideological activities.…

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