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DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Monday against a pregnant woman who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions. A lower court had previously granted the woman, Kate Cox, permission to receive an abortion due to pregnancy complications, despite the state’s strict abortion ban.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A US federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Texas can leave the floating barrier in the Rio Grande after a district court ordered the state to remove it on Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday.

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APRIL 16, 2024

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday reversed a decision by a lower court that named two companies partially owned by a real estate developer that filed for bankruptcy as insolvent as well, saying a state court "abused its discretion" by putting the two entities in receivership.

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MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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MAY 19, 2022

A Texas federal court judge Tuesday ruled Apple Inc. The Texas US District Court denied Apple’s motion for a new trial and judgement as a matter of law. Following trial, in August 2020 a Texas federal jury found that Apple willfully infringed certain claims of the five asserted patents.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided for a second time with Texas officials and suspended a lower court ruling that had blocked a Texas law banning most abortions. The order issued late Thursday night stated that the court would expedite the appeal and schedule oral arguments.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

“Texas’ migrant-deterring buoys can remain in Rio Grande after appeals court ruling; The action set additional arguments for May and vacated an earlier order that said the floating barrier violated a longstanding federal law”: Aarón Torres of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court Monday vacated lower court rulings in a case related to Texas’ ban on most abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Planned Parenthood sued the Texas government over the issue.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Chief US District Judge Alia Moses rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction from Texas on Wednesday to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting wire fencing at the US-Mexico border. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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MAY 31, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday rejected three Texas legislators’ emergency application to stay depositions that they are scheduled to give in redistricting lawsuits filed by multiple plaintiffs, including the US Department of Justice. ” The legislators then sought the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s review.

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JUNE 29, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Army reservist can sue Texas for improper treatment under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). This injury left Torres unable to return to his previous job as a state trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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APRIL 13, 2023

A federal appellate court in Texas ruled late Wednesday night that the abortion drug mifepristone is to remain available on a limited basis pending an ongoing legal dispute. These conflicting rulings may require the US Supreme Court’s intervention to resolve the conflict.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Travis County District Judge Jessica Mangrum issued a temporary injunctive order Friday, blocking a Texas abortion ban from being applied to people with pregnancy complications. This filing automatically stayed the injunctive order until the state supreme court rules. Wade with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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MAY 15, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court Friday ruled that state agencies in Texas may investigate gender affirming care as child abuse but that the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is not bound to undertake any such investigations. Texas took an interlocutory appeal, superseding the injunction.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday to restrict use of mifepristone, an abortion pill, by prohibiting its delivery by mail or prescription via telemedicine. However, the ruling will not take immediate effect due to an April ruling from the US Supreme Court temporarily protecting access to the drug.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

“Despite Texas high court ruling, some mask mandates remain”: Juan A. Lozano of The Associated Press has this report.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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APRIL 1, 2022

“Texas Supreme Court rules for San Antonio in ‘Chick-fil-A’ lawsuit filed by conservative activists”: Edward McKinley of The San Antonio Express-News has this report. Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of a majority opinion and a concurring opinion.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Friday to rehear a gerrymandering case out of Galveston County, Texas, en banc— meaning the full bench of judges from the Fifth Circuit will sit to rehear arguments. ” In 2021, the Galveston County Commissioners Court implemented a new districting plan.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

“Texas abortion ban remains in effect after appeals court rules against Justice Department”: Ann E. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report. You can access this evening’s per curiam order of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

“Texas Abortion Law Could Stay in Effect for Months After U.S. Appeals Court Ruling; Appeals court holds Texas Supreme Court should weigh in on unanswered questions before challenge to law can move forward”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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MARCH 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled 8-1 that a Texas death row inmate may have his pastor touch him and pray out loud during his execution. His scheduled execution in September 2021 was stayed pending the Supreme Court’s decision. This Court now affords yet another chance for him to delay his execution.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

“Supreme Court ruling on Texas law was the result of decades of pressure from anti-abortion groups to shape the court”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The court also held that DACA failed the first step in Chevron USA v Natural Res.

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JUNE 28, 2022

Texas District Court Judge Christine Weems Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order , which blocks the enforcement of Texas’ pre- Roe abortion ban. Weems received a petition asking for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction to block the enforcement of Texas’ abortion ban.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

A Texas judge issued an amended execution order Tuesday for Carl Wayne Buntion and set his execution date for April 21, 2022. The scheduling of his execution raises issues of religious expression and implicates the pending Supreme Court case Ramirez v. He is now the oldest death row inmate in Texas.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Texas-based restaurant operator isn't entitled to insurance coverage for its pandemic losses, New York's top court ruled Thursday, saying the operator didn't allege the kind of physical loss or damage required for coverage.

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APRIL 6, 2023

million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5

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JULY 20, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Wednesday that the family of Jamal Ali Shaw, who died after being tased by police in jail while having a seizure, can sue the officers over Shaw’s death. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“Federal appeals court lets Texas keep anti-migrant buoys in place for now; A judge in Austin had said Texas installed the floating barrier illegally, rejecting Gov. ” Nick Miroff of The Washington Post reports that “ Texas can keep floating barriers in Rio Grande for now, appeals court says.”

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JUNE 15, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Thursday to disturb a federal statute governing the adoption and foster proceedings for Indigenous children in the US. The court issued three findings in its Thursday decision. The court issued three findings in its Thursday decision.

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JUNE 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. The district court ruled in favor of PennEast Pipeline, but the Third Circuit vacated the order. In an opinion delivered by Chief Justice John Roberts, the US Supreme Court reinstated the district court order in favor of PennEast Pipeline.

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JULY 2, 2022

The state of New York, in an emergency session Friday, passed a new gun law in response to the US Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. The Supreme Court ruled that this 100-year-old requirement gave too much discretion to officials.

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APRIL 7, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sirius XM Radio (Sirius) in a recent decision that could have wide-ranging impact on the methodology.

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JUNE 16, 2022

“US Supreme Court rules El Paso Tigua tribe can legally have bingo at Speaking Rock casino”: Vic Kolenc has this front page article in today’s edition of The El Paso Times. In today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle, Benjamin Wermund has a front page article headlined “ Texas loses U.S.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can’t enforce guidance in Texas that requires hospitals to provide stabilizing emergency abortions to prevent…

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AUGUST 18, 2021

“Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure”: Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.”

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