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  Justices affirm ruling denying city of Houston’s jurisdiction plea in suit over officer’s collision

  By Staff reports | Tuesday, Jun 21, 2022 @ 12:23pm

  HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals today found that a trial court properly denied the city of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought over an officer’s collision.

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• Justices dismiss inverse condemnation action against Houston without prejudice

  By From staff reports | Tuesday, May 24, 2022 @ 1:15pm

  HOUSTON - Today, the 14th Court of Appeals dismissed an inverse condemnation action against the city of Houston without prejudice, leaving the door open for the plaintiffs to refile the claim.

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  Appellate court grants city of Webster immunity from inverse-condemnation claim

  By Staff reports | Thursday, Apr 14, 2022 @ 11:38am

  HOUSTON - Today, the 14th Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s order denying the city of Webster’s plea to the jurisdiction in an inverse condemnation claim.

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  Petitioners suing San Antonio over Chick–fil-A airport ban can replead case, Texas Supreme Court opines

  By Staff reports | Tuesday, Apr 5, 2022 @ 3:23pm

  AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court is allowing a group of claimants to replead their case against the city of San Antonio – individuals who sued over the city’s exclusion of Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio airport.

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  Texans are free from local government mandates requiring face coverings, AG Paxton opines

  By Staff reports | Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021 @ 2:59pm

  AUSTIN – Texans are free from local government mandates requiring face coverings and any official denying that immunity may be in violation of the Penal Code, Attorney General Ken Paxton recently opined.

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  Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Sues Vac­cine-Man­dat­ing School District

  By Press release submission | Monday, Aug 30, 2021 @ 5:00am

  Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Sues Vac­cine-Man­dat­ing School District.

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  Paxton successfully sues vaccine-mandating school district

  By David Yates | Monday, Aug 23, 2021 @ 10:32am

  AUSTIN – Last Thursday, Attorney General Paxton sued the San Antonio Independent School District and its superintendent for mandating all district employees receive a COVID-19 shot.

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  Gov­er­nor Abbott, Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Aligned in Defense of Exec­u­tive Order Pro­hibit­ing Mask Mandates

  By Press release submission | Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021 @ 7:00am

  Gov­er­nor Abbott, Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Aligned in Defense of Exec­u­tive Order Pro­hibit­ing Mask Mandates.

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  Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee advocates for EPA to strengthen chemical disaster regulations after Trump rollbacks

  By David Yates | Monday, Jul 12, 2021 @ 1:15pm

  HOUSTON – At a public comment session hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee proposed reinstatement of chemical disaster rules rolled back by the Trump administration, and enhancing rules to address Harris County’s unique vulnerability to chemical disasters.

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  Texas AG Office does an about face, approves Harris County’s JUUL litigation contingent contract

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Apr 7, 2021 @ 2:28pm

  HOUSTON – After first saying no, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has now green-lighted Harris County’s litigation against JUUL.

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  Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee sues JUUL, alleges e-cigarette company targeting teens with deceptive marketing

  By David Yates | Tuesday, Apr 6, 2021 @ 8:28am

  HOUSTON — Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee filed a lawsuit Thursday in California state court against e-cigarette company JUUL and several of its executives.

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