Justice Debra Lehrmann
Law & Courts |
Judges- State Circuit/County
201 West 14th Street, Austin, TX 78701
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AUSTIN—The State Bar of Texas has announced the results of its statewide 2022 judicial poll.
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AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas reversed an appeals court decision Dec. 7, 2017, addressing the power of the court in the political question doctrine after a military dog bit a woman on a base in Afghanistan.
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AUSTIN –The Texas Supreme Court upheld the 4th Court of Appeals decision that a city cannot impose an ordinance banning single-use plastic or paper bags by merchants, a ruling that could end the statewide single-use bag bans.
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BEAUMONT – Primarily a Democratic stronghold, Jefferson County voters favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the General Election by the slightest of margins.
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The Republican incumbent justices seated on the Texas Supreme Court held on to win as the March 1 came to a close.
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With campaign finance reports in for the first three weeks of January, records show at least two out of the three incumbent Texas Supreme justices up for re-election this year hold a financial edge over their Republican challengers.
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This is another post on the races currently underway for three seats on the Texas
Supreme Court. I have previously written ... about the race between
incumbent Justice Debra Lehrmann and challenger Justice Michael Massengale for
Place 3, and the potentially confusing race between incumbent Justice Paul W.
Green and challenger Rick Green for Place 5. In this post I discuss the race
between incumbent Justice Eva Guzman and challenger Joe Pool Jr. for Place 9.
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On Dec. 7 Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed the re-election of Justice Paul Green for the Supreme Court of Texas.
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AUSTIN – Houston can punish air polluters as criminals in a manner consistent with state regulators who impose civil penalties, the city argued at the Supreme Court on Sept. 2. Houston seeks Court approval of an ordinance creating an agency to enforce air quality regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Businesses with state emission permits have delayed enforcement since 2008. At oral argument, the theory of city counsel Robert Higgason that city and state enforcement wo
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Three years ago, a Texas Supreme Court ruling blurred the lines on lawsuits against medical providers, theoretically requiring even slip and fall plaintiffs to file a medical expert report when suing a hospital.
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AUSTIN – Mexican brothers whose parents died in Mexico can’t pursue Texas justice through a Texas uncle, the Supreme Court of Texas has ruled.
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Texas government agencies and there employees aren’t shielded with immunity from lawsuits brought outside of the Tort Claims Act, justices on the Texas Supreme Court recently found.
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Readers of “Legally Speaking” know that I delight in finding some of the most bizarre, did-that-really-happen moments in actual court cases in the civil and criminal justice systems.
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Hecht AUSTIN � Contracts that provide legal fees for prevailing parties don't necessarily apply when plaintiffs nonsuit without prejudice, six Supreme Court Justices decided on Aug. 26.
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Hecht AUSTIN � Angelina County District Judge Barry Randolph shouldn't have let a jury award accident victim Aaron Haywood $110,069 in medical expenses when Medicare discounts trimmed his bills to $27,739, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on July 1.
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Lehrmann AUSTIN � Parents of a woman who drowned after her car missed a bridge can't sue the contractor who fixed the bridge, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on April 15.
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In the film version of Mary Poppins, Bert the chimney sweep tells a painfully punny joke and then comments: "I always say there's nothing like a good joke."
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Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN - Legislators improperly granted bottle cap maker Crown Cork and Seal retroactive protection from asbestos lawsuits, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Oct. 22.
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AUSTIN � Legislators improperly granted bottle cap maker Crown Cork and Seal retroactive protection from asbestos lawsuits, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Oct. 22.
