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Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court
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SCOTUS upholds judgment won by PU, class awarded $5.8M for unpaid plant work
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling awarding $5.8 million against Tyson Foods Inc. in favor of more than 3,000 workers from an Iowa meat-processing plant who were not paid for the time they spent putting on and removing required protective clothing and traveling to their work areas. -
Texas intervention granted in federal Red River Land grab case
AUSTIN – On March 14 Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a federal court granted Texas’ intervention in a case against the Bureau of Land Management, which seeks to establish recognition of Texas boundary by challenging federal encroachment on Lone Star land near the Red River. -
SCOTUS denies Apple’s request to review E-books price-fixing case
AUSTIN— On March 7 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the U.S. Supreme Court denied Apple’s request to review a lower court decision, clearing the way for the distribution of $400 million to U.S. consumers who paid artificially-inflated prices for e-books. -
Federal judge tosses email patent suit against Facebook
AUSTIN - A federal Texas judge recently tossed an email patent lawsuit against Facebook, finding that the plaintiff’s claims of infringement were more “abstract” than substantial. -
Texas Lt. Gov. asks AG to advise on prayer in the courtroom
AUSTIN – Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has requested an advisory opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton on the constitutionality of a volunteer justice court chaplaincy program and prayer given as part of the opening ceremonies. -
Paxton: States have no legal obligation to comply with halted Clean Power Plan
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, joined by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, says states should understand they have no legal obligation to continue spending funds to comply with a suspended and likely unlawful Clean Power Plan. -
U.S. SC sides with states, halts EPA’s Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with nearly 30 states in granting a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. -
AGs want U.S. SC to stay EPA’s Clean Power Plan
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with officials from 30 other states and state agencies, are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on hold. -
Trial lawyers make a cynical play for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 9
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. -
Tsunami of patent suits floods East Texas, 196 cases filed in a single day
Nearly 200 patent infringement lawsuits were filed in the federal district for East Texas in a single day – increasing the odds the venue will remain a patent troll favorite for the second year in a row. -
Calif. governor says Texas, W.Va. AGs grandstanding on climate issue
SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Jerry Brown says the attorneys general of West Virginia and Texas are guilty of “crass obstructionism” as they seek to gain momentum against President Obama’s environmental agenda. Last week, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas AG Ken Paxton sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in advance of the United Nations climate summit also known as Paris 2015 and COP21. -
Texas, W.Va. attorneys general underscore legal limits of Obama administration on climate accord
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey have called on U.S. -
Obama administration takes immigration fight to Supreme Court
The Obama Administration petitioned the U.S. -
Texas sues U.S. over ‘unconstitutional Obamacare Tax’
On Oct. 22 Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas has filed suit against the federal government over a regulation forcing states to effectively pay an unconstitutional to fund the Affordable Care Act. According to a press release, the law coercively threatens to choke off Medicaid funds for the health needs of millions of Texas citizens, including over 350,000 children, unless Texas taxpayers pay hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for Obamacare. “This threat to cut Medicaid fund -
Texas AG applauds stay of ‘illegal’ water rule
On Oct. 9 a federal court halted the Obama Administration’s new waters of the U.S. -
SCOTUS declines to hear $2.1M 'Whoomp! (There It Is)' royalty case
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Arbitration can prevent lawsuit abuse, bring quicker legal resolution
Nice guys finish last. Revenge is sweet. Paybacks are a real, well, you know. If you’ve ever found yourself involved in a lawsuit, those expressions may hit a little too close to home. -
Paxton asks federal judge to halt water rule in Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a federal judge to halt the U.S. -
Paxton to EPA: Don't mess with Texas!
Gov. Greg Abbott spent much time and energy in his previous position as state attorney general fighting against the attempted usurpations of the Obama Administration, those of the Environmental Protection Agency in particular.
