Recent Articles
2026
Fifteenth Court of Appeals Reverses Temporary Injunction Against Midwife and Clinics in State’s Abortion-Ban Suit
Maria Margarita Rojas, et al. v. State of Texas
Fifth Circuit Reverses Injunction Against Nine S.B. 1 Provisions Challenged Under Federal Disability Laws
La Union del Pueblo Entero, et al. v. Abbott, et al. (consolidated)
Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of Intervention in United States’ Suit Over Texas In-State Tuition Provisions
United States of America v. State of Texas; Students for Affordable Tuition, et al.
Fifth Circuit Stays Preliminary Injunctions Against Texas App Store Accountability Act Pending Appeal
Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, et al. v. Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as the Texas Attorney General, consolidated with Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Texas
Supreme Court of Texas Holds Citizens Participation Act Applies to Lilith Fund’s Suit Challenging Heartbeat Act
Sadie Weldon v. The Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity
En Banc Fifth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Against Texas Senate Bill 4, Holding Plaintiffs Lack Standing
United States of America v. State of Texas, et al. (consolidated with Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, et al. v. Freeman F. Martin)
Supreme Court of Texas Reinstates Summary Judgment for H-E-B in Slip-and-Fall Case, Holding Earlier Roof Leaks Elsewhere in Store Did Not Show Constructive Knowledge of Puddle
H-E-B, LP v. Marissa Peterson
Supreme Court of the United States Holds Trial Judge Could Bar Lawyers From Managing Defendant’s Ongoing Testimony During Overnight Recess
David Asa Villarreal, Petitioner v. Texas
Fifth Circuit Holds Noncitizens Present Without Admission Are Subject to Mandatory Detention Without Bond During Removal Proceedings
Victor Buenrostro-Mendez v. Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General, et al., consolidated with Jose Padron Covarrubias v. Miguel Vergara, ICE Field Office Director, San Antonio ICE Detention and Removal, et al.
Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Actual-Innocence Relief to Carmen Mejia in Travis County Felony-Murder Case
Ex parte Carmen Mejia
Supreme Court of Texas Holds Pappas Is Entitled to Jurisdictional Discovery Before Dismissal of Chapter 252 Claims Against City of Houston
4 Families of Hobby, LLC, et al. v. City of Houston, Texas
Fifteenth Court of Appeals Affirms Temporary Injunction Against Attorney General’s Prosecutor-Reporting Rules as to Named Plaintiffs, Reverses It as to Nonparties
Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas, et al. v. Delia Garza, in Her Official Capacity as Travis County Attorney, et al.
2025
Supreme Court Stays Order Blocking Texas’s 2025 Congressional Map for the 2026 Elections
Greg Abbott, et al. v. League of United Latin American Citizens, et al.
Court of Criminal Appeals Affirms Capital Murder Conviction and Death Sentence in Bowie County Case
Taylor Rene Parker v. The State of Texas
Fifth Circuit Vacates Injunction Against Texas Sexually Oriented Performance Law on Standing Grounds, Remands First Amendment Question
The Woodlands Pride, Incorporated, et al. v. Warren Kenneth Paxton, et al.
Fifth Circuit, on Rehearing, Holds Belief-Based Title VII Claims Are Distinct From Practice-Based Claims
Charlene Carter v. Local 556, Transport Workers Union of America; Southwest Airlines Company
Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Convicting Court Lacked Jurisdiction Over Death-Row Inmate’s Constitutional Habeas Challenge to Execution Drugs
Ex parte William Keith Speer
Fifth Circuit Panel Enjoins Removals Under Alien Enemies Act, Holding March 2025 Proclamation Does Not Identify an Invasion or Predatory Incursion
W.M.M., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Court of Criminal Appeals, on Rehearing, Withdraws 2024 Opinion and Holds Ethics Commission Referral Is Not a Precondition to Election-Law Prosecution
Ex parte Robbie Gail Charette
Fifth Circuit Reverses in Part Denial of Preliminary Injunction Over Canceled West Texas A&M Drag Show
Spectrum WT, et al. v. Walter Wendler, et al.
Third Court of Appeals Dismisses Cities’ Challenge to Texas Regulatory Consistency Act for Lack of Standing
The State of Texas v. The City of Houston, The City of San Antonio, and The City of El Paso
Supreme Court of the United States Holds Texas Age-Verification Law for Sexually Explicit Websites Is Subject to, and Survives, Intermediate Scrutiny
Free Speech Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Paxton, Attorney General of Texas
Supreme Court of Texas Holds Attorney General May Seek to File Quo Warranto Action Against Annunciation House
Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr., in his Official Capacity as Texas Attorney General, and the State of Texas v. Annunciation House, Inc.
Supreme Court Enjoins Alien Enemies Act Removals of Detainees in Northern District of Texas and Vacates Fifth Circuit’s Dismissal of Their Appeal
A. A. R. P., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.
Supreme Court Vacates Fifth Circuit Judgment on FDA Denials of Flavored E-Cigarette Applications
Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L. L. C., dba Triton Distribution, et al.
Supreme Court Holds ATF Rule on Weapon Parts Kits and Unfinished Frames Is Not Facially Inconsistent With the Gun Control Act
Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. VanDerStok et al.
Fifth Circuit Vacates Capital Murder Conviction of Brittany Holberg, Holding State Court Unreasonably Applied Brady to Undisclosed Informant Evidence
Brittany Marlowe Holberg v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Supreme Court of the United States Stays Eastern District of Texas Order in Texas Top Cop Shop Case Pending Fifth Circuit Appeal
James R. McHenry, III, Acting Attorney General, et al. v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated, et al.
Fifth Circuit Holds DACA Final Rule Violates the Immigration and Nationality Act but Limits Relief to Texas and Leaves Forbearance Provisions Intact
State of Texas, et al. v. United States of America, et al.
2024
Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Is Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Against Border Patrol Cutting of Concertina Wire Near Eagle Pass
State of Texas v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al.
Court of Criminal Appeals Grants New Trial to Randy Halprin, Finding Trial Judge Was Actually Biased Against Him Because He Is Jewish
Ex parte Randy Ethan Halprin
Supreme Court of Texas Holds House Committee’s Subpoena Cannot Be Judicially Enforced to Cancel Roberson Execution
In re Texas House of Representatives
Court of Criminal Appeals Vacates Travis County Restraining Order That Had Blocked Robert Roberson’s Execution
In re Texas Department of Criminal Justice ex rel. Ken Paxton
Fifth Circuit Reverses Contempt Fines in Texas Foster Care Case and Orders Reassignment to Another District Judge
M. D., et al. v. Abbott, et al.
Supreme Court of Texas Denies State’s Emergency Mandamus Petition Over State Fair Handgun Policy
In re The State of Texas
Supreme Court of Texas Orders Dallas to Remove Three Council-Initiated Charter Propositions From November Ballot
In re Dallas HERO and Cathy Cortina Arvizu
Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief to Kerry Max Cook on Actual-Innocence Claim in 1977 Smith County Murder
Ex parte Kerry Max Cook