Stubblefield AUSTIN � Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Billy Ray Stubblefield of Georgetown as presiding judge of the Third Administrative Judicial Region for a term that will expire four years from the date of qualification.
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � For the third time in three weeks the Texas Supreme Court flexed its new mandamus muscle to prevent a medical malpractice trial, but in a fourth case the justices sent a signal that they won't exercise their new power automatically.
Justice Paul Green AUSTIN � If a Texas judge transfers a suit to another county on a defense motion, the plaintiff can't drop it there and sue in a third county, the Supreme Court declared May 23.
A federal judge in Central Texas recently ruled that a lawyer had such a long history of filing frivolous lawsuits that he banned the attorney from any further litigation in Texas federal courts.
Reginald Collins of Houston was one of seven previously convicted sex offenders with online profiles on MySpace.com arrested in an operation by the Texas attorney general. HOUSTON � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott revealed the results of the nation's first large-scale crackdown on registered sex offenders using the popular social networking site, MySpace.com.