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  • Jul. 20, 2026 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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.

  • Feb. 23, 2026 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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.

  • 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.

  • Nov. 17, 2025 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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.

  • 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. 1, 2025 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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.

  • Jul. 14, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mar. 10, 2025 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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

  • 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. 23, 2024 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    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.

  • 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. 11, 2024 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    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

  • 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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