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US federal judge orders Texas to remove floating barriers from Rio Grande border with Mexico

JURIST

A Texas federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday that ordered Texas to move its floating barrier from the Rio Grande’s main waters to the riverbank. ” Thus, Ezra concluded that the US demonstrated a “substantial likelihood of success” that Texas violated the act. .”

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Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

Above The Law

District Court for the Northern District of Texas says one way that preventive services are selected for the no-cost coverage is unconstitutional. A key part of the ruling by Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S.

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Texas Justices Reinstate Defense Verdict In Store Fall Suit

Law 360

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed a lower appellate court's decision to reinstate a slip-and-fall suit against an Albertsons LLC grocery store, saying that although certain instructions may have been erroneously given to the jury, the effect was harmless and not unfair.

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“Fewer patients, smaller staff, an uncertain future: abortion providers await court decision on Texas law; For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court’s review.”

HowAppealing

“Fewer patients, smaller staff, an uncertain future: abortion providers await court decision on Texas law; For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court’s review.”

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California dispatches: Newsom ‘pulls a Texas’ on guns in response to Supreme Court stance on SB8 heartbeat bill

JURIST

This tit-for-tat directive against Texas SB8 is the latest of the bold moves Newsom has taken and responds directly to the Supreme Court decision last week. JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions.

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Texas Supreme Court Decision on S.B. 8

LPB Network

This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. It is the latest development in the litigation over Texas’s abortion law, S.B. Supreme Court’s decisions in December (covered here), After the U.S.

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“Gov. Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates back in effect after Appeals Court decision; U.S. 5th Circuit judges halted an injunction on the mask mandate ban”

HowAppealing

Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates back in effect after Appeals Court decision; U.S. 5th Circuit judges halted an injunction on the mask mandate ban”: Emily Donaldson and Talia Richman of The Dallas Morning News have this report. ” You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.