Texas Supreme Court Could Make Greg Abbott's Text Messages Public
The Texas Supreme Court is weighing whether to compel the governor and attorney general to release emails and texts.
Texas Supreme Court aggressively quizzes 2021 winter storm lawyers
Oncor Electric Delivery and CenterPoint Energy should not face thousands of wrongful death, personal injury and property damage lawsuits stemming from
Texas Supreme Court to decide if 2021 freeze lawsuits against CenterPoint, other utilities can proceed
The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether lawsuits filed against Texas transmission and distribution utilities after the 2021 freeze can move forward.
Texas Supreme Court to decide whether elected officials' texts are public record
The Texas Supreme Court is weighing whether text messages about state business sent by Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton should be considered public record.
Can power companies be held negligent for 2021 winter storm? Texas Supreme Court must decide
Can electric providers be held grossly negligent for prolonged blackouts during 2021's winter storm? The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday.
Texas Supreme Court says Patterson may be held liable for defamation
Paige Patterson may be held liable for defamatory actions taken by others on his behalf, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Feb. 14.
Texas Supreme Court may call on Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton to release texts, emails
A roughly three-year legal process may result in the Texas Supreme Court calling on Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton to turn over their emails and text messages.  Earlier this week, ...
Texas judge clears way for anti-money laundering law's enforcement
A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday lifted an order that blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that forces ...
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Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain ...
L. Clifford Davis, who helped desegregate Texas schools, dies at 100
As a civil rights lawyer in the 1950s, L. Clifford Davis helped integrate Texas public schools that had resisted Brown v. Board of Education.
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Texas BACT Is a Fact: The Texas Supreme Court Unpacks the Texas Clean Air Act’s BACT Definition
Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality et al. (Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) presented the Texas ...
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A history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court
This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President ...
Rogers: Who’s cheatin' whom in Texas politics?
Since the Citizens United decision, politicians are less beholden to their constituents than to big donors and dark money.
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U.S. Supreme Court gets another chance to prevent abuse of eminent domain
Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency in New York state could raise issues that frustrated Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock.