Editor's note: The original column first posted Feb. 18 contained a few inaccuracies regarding candidate Rick Green. The errors have been removed from this posting.
Abbott (R) AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-The Texas Supreme Court announced that it will consider the constitutionality of the state's controversial strip club tax.
AUSTIN � The Supreme Court of Texas won't disturb a decision of West Orange-Cove Consolidated School District Superintendent Taylor Collins to transfer middle school principal Dale Dardeau to an elementary school.
Montgomery County District Judge Frederick Edwards improperly sentenced a father to 180 days in jail for failure to pay child support, Ninth District appeals judges decided on Jan. 14.
Although the retrial of an asbestos suit looms only three months away, Judge Donald Floyd has still not made a ruling on DuPont's unopposed motion to remove the case from the April trial docket.
When a Jefferson County judge granted a losing plaintiff a new trial "do over" without giving his reason, it was enough to keep the watchful eyes of tort reformers focused on Southeast Texas for another year.
Gilbert "Buddy" Low at the Dec. 3 press conference at Lamar University. A partner at one of Beaumont's oldest law firms has been honored through another of Lamar University's Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)- The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to rehear a case in the long-running case over whether Exxon Mobil Corp. sabotaged abandoned wells.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Insurers who inadvertently surrendered an adjuster's notes in a Jefferson County lawsuit over a project in the Dominican Republic haven't recovered the notes.
AUSTIN � Reflective tape on a railroad crossing counts as a warning device, the Texas Supreme Court held when it wiped out a $5.1 million jury verdict against Union Pacific.
Justice Eva Guzman accepts the nomination to the Texas Supreme Court by Gov. Rick Perry on Oct. 8. AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-The newest member of the Texas Supreme Court will provide a reliably conservative voice on the state high court, a legal observer said.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Bexar County District Judge Karen Pozza stepped out of bounds when she ordered Union Pacific Railroad to share rate-setting secrets with personal injury lawyers, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Sept. 25.
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Felony arson criminal mischief charges have dismissed against Francisca Medina, the wife of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina.
Sylvester AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister's planned retirement from the state's high court will mark a "sad departure" for the Lone Star State's judiciary, a court observer said.
Brister AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister said Monday he is resigning from the high court to return to private law practice.
After a round trip through Texas' highest courts, a case over a business owner who wants to keep his attorney's hands out of his settlement landed back in the court where it all began for a new trial.
Harriet O'Neill DALLAS (Legal Newsline)-Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O'Neill says she will not to seek re-election once her term expires in 2010.