https://texasappeals.org/topics/withdrawn-opinions/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 08 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/09/ex-parte-charette-rehearing/Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/09/ex-parte-charette-rehearing/On the State’s motion for rehearing, the court withdrew its September 2024 opinion and affirmed the denial of pretrial habeas relief to a former judicial candidate. It held that neither the Texas Constitution nor Government Code Chapter 571 categorically bars a criminal prosecution for election-law offenses brought without a referral from the Texas Ethics Commission or exhaustion of its civil process, while reaffirming that the habeas claim was cognizable.https://texasappeals.org/2024/10/in-re-state-state-fair-handgun-ban/Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2024/10/in-re-state-state-fair-handgun-ban/The court denied the State’s petition for writ of mandamus and its emergency motion for temporary relief in an order that gives no reasons. A three-justice concurrence stated that the State had not argued that Texas law obligates the privately operated State Fair to allow handguns.