SHERMAN, Texas—Today, a federal jury ruled that Vicki Baker is entitled to $59,656.59 in damages after a SWAT team destroyed her McKinney, Texas, home while pursuing a fleeing fugitive in July 2020. The ruling is a victory for Vicki, who joined forces with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a lawsuit in March 2021, after the city refused to pay for the damage that had been caused.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ill-informed comments and questions at the recent oral argument in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccination mandate case (National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor) provide a timely reminder that the hyper-elite legal talent on the nation’s High Court is not always what it is cracked up to be.
IJ client Azael Sepulveda can finally open his mechanic's shop in Pasadena, Texas. That's because of a rare temporary injunction we secured yesterday against the city's demand that he build dozens of useless and expensive parking spots.
After two years, the extraordinary government measures—federal, state, and local—taken in response to the COVID pandemic, some of which were supposed to be temporary, have finally begun to abate, along with the fear and panic that inspired them.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton, alongside the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) on behalf of Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne, sued the Biden Administration for its asserted illegal mask mandate for airlines and airports, a press release states.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to GoFundMe Inc. to investigate potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), a press release states.
Legal scholars continue to explore the frontier of constitutional interpretation, with recent books by Ilan Wurman (The Second Founding; A Debt Against the Living), Kurt Lash (The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship; The Reconstruction Amendments), Randy Barnett (The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; Our Republican Constitution), and many others.
HOUSTON — A company is suing a deceased driver and his representatives after he allegedly ran a stop sign and caused a collision that totaled their tractor trailer.
AUSTIN –Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration to stop the implementation of the vaccine mandate for all staff and volunteers of the Head Start program, a press release states.
WASHINGTON – The full Fifth Circuit bench ruled yesterday that Texas accountant Michelle Cochran has the right to challenge the constitutionality of her Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) removal protections in federal court before undergoing an administrative adjudication, a press release states.
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Dec. 1. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "cases appealed from lower courts" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Nov. 30. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Nov. 30. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by David C. Roberts against Liberty Lloyds of Texas Insurance Company on Nov. 30.
The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by David C. Roberts against Liberty Lloyds of Texas Insurance Company on Nov. 30.
