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  • Sep. 14, 2026 · Fifteenth Court of Appeals

    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

  • Mar. 16, 2026 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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

  • Jan. 5, 2026 · Fifteenth Court of Appeals

    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.

  • Dec. 8, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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.

  • Dec. 1, 2025 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals Affirms Capital Murder Conviction and Death Sentence in Bowie County Case

    Taylor Rene Parker v. The State of Texas

  • Oct. 6, 2025 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    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

  • Sep. 22, 2025 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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.

  • Sep. 8, 2025 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    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

  • May. 19, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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.

  • Apr. 28, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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.

  • Mar. 31, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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.

  • Feb. 10, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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.

  • Dec. 2, 2024 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    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

  • Nov. 25, 2024 · Supreme Court of Texas

    Supreme Court of Texas Holds House Committee’s Subpoena Cannot Be Judicially Enforced to Cancel Roberson Execution

    In re Texas House of Representatives

  • Oct. 7, 2024 · Supreme Court of Texas

    Supreme Court of Texas Denies State’s Emergency Mandamus Petition Over State Fair Handgun Policy

    In re The State of Texas

  • Jul. 8, 2024 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    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

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