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Concerning headwright certificates issued to families residing in Texas on the date independence was declared. [1] Herbert v. Moore, Dallam 592 (1844). Determined that Indians were not sovereign nations, the rule of postliminy did not apply to property taken by Indians. Republic v. Inglish, Dallam 608 (1844). To obtain a land grant, it must be ...
The Court has the last word in attorney disciplinary proceedings brought by the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, a committee of the State Bar of Texas, but rarely exercises discretionary review in such cases. The Supreme Court accepts fewer than 100 cases per year to be decided on the merits.
This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3] Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
The Supreme Court's decision late Thursday came after days of legal wrangling and a furious effort by a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers to stop Roberson's execution for the death of his 2-year ...
On August 4, 2023, State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction; the state of Texas appealed this decision to the Texas Supreme Court later that same day. [1] The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in the case on November 28, 2023 and issued the decision on May 31, 2024. [2] [3]
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications. The ruling ...
Texas Department of Public Safety, 597 U.S. 580 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and state sovereign immunity. In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2022, the Court ruled that state sovereign immunity does not prevent states from being sued ...
Of Texas’ 15 appellate courts, each has a chief justice and between 3 and 13 justices that rule on cases; 83 justices serve statewide overall. Republicans swept races in five courts