Dallas County on Texas Appeals Journalhttps://texasappeals.org/topics/dallas-county/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 05 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600Fifteenth Court of Appeals Affirms Temporary Injunction Against Attorney General’s Prosecutor-Reporting Rules as to Named Plaintiffs, Reverses It as to Nonpartieshttps://texasappeals.org/2026/01/paxton-v-garza-local-prosecutors/Mon, 05 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2026/01/paxton-v-garza-local-prosecutors/The court held that Section 41.006 of the Government Code does not confer rulemaking authority on the Attorney General, so the suing prosecutors showed a probable right to relief against rules requiring reports from large-county district and county attorneys. It limited the injunction to the named plaintiffs and remanded.Court of Criminal Appeals Grants New Trial to Randy Halprin, Finding Trial Judge Was Actually Biased Against Him Because He Is Jewishhttps://texasappeals.org/2024/12/ex-parte-halprin-judicial-bias-new-trial/Mon, 02 Dec 2024 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2024/12/ex-parte-halprin-judicial-bias-new-trial/The court found by a preponderance of the evidence that the judge who presided over Halprin’s 2003 capital murder trial was actually biased against him because he is Jewish, held that actual judicial bias is structural error requiring no showing of harm, and remanded for a new trial. A second claim was dismissed as an abuse of the writ.