Justice David Medina AUSTIN � A district judge somehow carried out an appellate court order to hold a trial about a church without mixing religion into it, but now the Texas Supreme Court tells him he shouldn't have held a trial about a church at all.
Greg Abbott AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday filed a complaint against several pharmaceutical companies for allegedly reporting inflated drug prices to the state's Medicaid program.
AUSTIN � The Texas Supreme Court wiped out a Cameron County jury verdict that skirted a state law prohibiting recovery for personal injury when most of the blame lies with the victim.
Judge Judith Wells AUSTIN � Tarrant County District Judge Judith Wells improperly ignored a mother's objection when she awarded grandparents three days a month with the woman's 7-year-old child, the Texas Supreme Court decided June 27.
Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-An email scam using the photograph and Web site banner of the Texas attorney general office is targeting consumers, his office said Thursday.
AUSTIN � Harris County District Judge Caroline Baker improperly held an individual liable for a $2.5 million default judgment against a partnership, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 13.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN - Hector Hernandez signed equipment leases stating he would file any lawsuit about them in Pennsylvania, and the Texas Supreme Court has held him to that.
Greg Abbott AUSTIN(Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is being sued by a teachers' group that wants to keep personal information gleaned from teacher background checks under wraps.
Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � General Electric Company bears no liability for injuries a contractor suffered when his bungee cord broke and he fell from a loading ramp at a GE warehouse, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 13.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Atofina Petrochemicals, which paid $5.75 million to the family of a man who drowned in oil at its refinery in Port Arthur, can recover every penny of it from Evanston Insurance Company, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 13.
AUSTIN � When hundreds of children were removed from the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints compound, hundreds of Texas attorneys stepped up to provide legal representation to the children at no charge.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � For the third time in three weeks the Texas Supreme Court flexed its new mandamus muscle to prevent a medical malpractice trial, but in a fourth case the justices sent a signal that they won't exercise their new power automatically.
AUSTIN � Three justices on the Texas Supreme Court agreed with the other six that the state lacked evidence to take boys and little girls from their parents at the Yearning for Zion Ranch. The three believe, however, that the state did act properly when it removed pubescent girls from the ranch near Eldorado.
Kyle Janek AUSTIN � A special election will be held in November to fill the vacancy in Texas Senate District 17, Gov. Rick Perry announced June 4.
Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has agreed not to target people who collect others' mail-in ballots for them as part of a settlement with the Texas Democratic Party.
Justice Paul Green AUSTIN � If a Texas judge transfers a suit to another county on a defense motion, the plaintiff can't drop it there and sue in a third county, the Supreme Court declared May 23.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Emergency room doctors who released 21-year-old Lance Dowell to his family after stitching a wrist he had cut with a pocket knife didn't cause his death in a successful suicide the next day, the Texas Supreme Court decided May 23.
Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has more than $7 million in campaign cash, raising speculation that the Republican might be considering a run for higher office.
Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � Just as owners of professional football teams discarded tradition by deciding they could halt a game to review a ruling, justices of the Texas Supreme Court have discarded tradition by deciding they can halt court proceedings to review a ruling.