The U.S. Supreme Court's decision will let the Fifth Circuit of Appeals have the Supreme Court of Texas weigh in on the case.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to certify key questions in the lawsuit to the Supreme Court of Texas.
The docket equalization process moved the case from the left-leaning Third Court of Appeals to the right-leaning Seventh Court of Appeals.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments today over where the last major challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act should proceed.
While rejecting the possibility of intervention prior to the 2022 primary election, the narrow ruling left the door open for future consideration of the constitutionality of Harris County’s redistricting map.
“[T]he regulation at issue shuts out hemp businesses from manufacturing and processing a good that is legal," the companies wrote.
In the eminent domain case between Texas Central and a landowner, the Texas solicitor general submitted a brief to the Texas Supreme Court supporting the case of the landowners.
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On the eve of San Antonio ISD's deadline for staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Supreme Court of Texas halted the mandate.
The court's order slows Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against Texas Right to Life along with 13 other cases against the pro-life lobbying group.
Reps. Cain and Slaton filed impeachment resolutions against judges who tried to prevent efforts to bring quorum-breaking Democrats back to the Texas House.
“This case, and others like it, are not about whether people should wear masks or whether the government should make them do it."
Abbott called the regular appeal process too slow to address Harris County's mask mandates. The Supreme Court of Texas was unconvinced.
In a win for state GOP leaders, the Supreme Court of Texas stayed the restraining order that an Austin judge gave to absent Democrats.
The Texas Supreme Court declined to block Gov. Abbott’s veto of legislative funding, saying that the dispute is between lawmakers and not the two branches of government.
A set of three lawsuits against Facebook for its participation in sex trafficking will continue, after a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court.
The Texas Supreme Court denied an appeal by Texas landowners challenging the eminent domain authority of the Texas Central high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston.
The diocese's handling of an alleged sexual misconduct instance is a matter of ecclesiastical rather than civil law, the court decided.
An ongoing legal battle in Houston ISD has prompted the state legislature to approve revisions to the state’s public education A-F accountability system.
A conservative-leaning justice split from the majority out of fear that taking up the case violated the court's constitutional duty.
