https://texasappeals.org/topics/stays/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 08 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2025/12/abbott-v-lulac-redistricting-stay/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2025/12/abbott-v-lulac-redistricting-stay/In an unsigned order on an application for a stay, the Court found that Texas was likely to show the three-judge District Court failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith and failed to draw an adverse inference from the challengers’ lack of an alternative map. The order rests on a “preliminary evaluation” and does not decide the racial-gerrymandering claim.https://texasappeals.org/2025/02/mchenry-v-texas-top-cop-shop-cta-stay/Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2025/02/mchenry-v-texas-top-cop-shop-cta-stay/In an unsigned order without stated reasons, the Court granted the federal government’s application to stay a December 5, 2024 order of the Eastern District of Texas pending appeal and any petition for certiorari. Justice Gorsuch concurred and Justice Jackson dissented; news coverage identified the stayed order as a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act.https://texasappeals.org/2025/01/texas-v-united-states-daca-rule/Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2025/01/texas-v-united-states-daca-rule/The court held that Texas has standing under its earlier decision, that the 2022 DACA rule is materially identical to the 2012 memorandum and substantively violates the INA, and that the district court erred by not severing the rule’s forbearance provisions; it narrowed the injunction to Texas. The stay protecting existing recipients remains in place.