<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>direct appeals on Texas Appeals Journal</title><link>https://texasappeals.org/topics/direct-appeals/</link><description>Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://texasappeals.org/topics/direct-appeals/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Supreme Court of Texas Holds Attorney General May Seek to File Quo Warranto Action Against Annunciation House</title><link>https://texasappeals.org/2025/06/paxton-v-annunciation-house-quo-warranto/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>https://texasappeals.org/2025/06/paxton-v-annunciation-house-quo-warranto/</guid><description>The court held that criminal acts are not categorically excluded as grounds for quo warranto, that the trial court applied the wrong standard in denying the Attorney General leave to file, and that the records-request statutes are not facially unconstitutional. The opinion states that it does not decide the merits of the harboring allegations.</description></item></channel></rss>