Justice Scott Brister AUSTIN � Texas trial judges must never let jurors know how much money a defendant makes, the nine justices of the Texas Supreme Court have ruled.
Justice David Brister AUSTIN � A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court regarding peremptory strikes could reshape the state's jury selection process.
AUSTIN � Bexar County jurors who blamed Quarry Market mall manager Trammell Crow for a murder made a mistake, according to the Texas Supreme Court.
AUSTIN � Judges often overlook procedural errors of parties who act as their own lawyers, but the Texas Supreme Court won't let judges toss procedure out the window.
Texas Supreme Court Texas' highest court decided to remain on the sidelines Sept. 19, declining to hear a case on whether or not medical malpractice damage caps violate state constitutional rights.
The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont remains closed following Hurricane Ike. The Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont reopened for business on Sept. 24, but attorneys don't need to rush to the clerk's office. The Texas Supreme Court has granted additional time to file documents.
Bob Barr (L) AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition to remove the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees from the statewide ballot.
Justice Don Willett AUSTIN � For a mother's sake, eight justices of the Texas Supreme Court ignored the fact that the woman missed an important deadline and will allow her to appeal.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Wood County District Judge Timothy Boswell shouldn't have held trial on a claim that Brookshire Grocery Company caused back injuries that worker Barbara Goss suffered in trying to step over a "lowboy" cart, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Aug. 29.
A statue of Padre Nicolas Balli stands in Padre Island, Texas. A recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court may have finally put an end to the decades of legal disputes involving the heirs of the original settler of Padre Island.
Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson AUSTIN � Insurers who covered cellular telephone companies for bodily injuries must pay for national radiation litigation, the Texas Supreme Court decided Aug. 29.
A handful of Dallas County residents will continue to have to drive out of their way to wet their whistles, as the Texas Supreme Court has denied their petition for a writ of mandamus forcing the Dallas County Commissioners Court to call an election to change a justice precinct from dry to wet.
Justices seated on the Texas Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ruling Aug. 29, forcing the Second Court of Appeals to review a physician's medical malpractice appeal.
AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)-Even if a landowner holds a claim to minerals or water below his property, he cannot seek damages from subsurface trespass, the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week.
The following letter was written in response to a story about Texas Supreme Court candidate Sam Houston, "Candidate believes Texas SC too favorable to corporate defendants" published in the Southeast Texas Record on Aug. 11.
Attorneys for Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital convinced a higher court recently to reverse and remand a lower court's ruling denying a motion challenging a medical expert's validity.
Sam Houston, Democratic candidate for the Place 7 seat on the Texas Supreme Court, met with supporters in Beaumont on July 31. Campaigning on a platform that the current court is too favorable to corporate defendants, the Democratic nominee for justice of the Texas Supreme Court Place 7 stumped in Beaumont Thursday, July 31.
AUSTIN � Business owner Charles Haden persuaded appellate judges to rewrite his contract with attorney David Sacks, but Haden couldn't persuade the Texas Supreme Court to do the same.
Bryan Blevins During his career as a pipe-fitter, Gliese Bergeron worked around and breathed asbestos dust. When he developed an "asbestos-related disease," he sued and received a claim.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Showing consideration for an elderly woman, the Texas Supreme Court forgave her daughter's attempts to mislead Smith County District Judge Randall Rodgers.