Appellate developments rarely arrive with a single headline. More often, they show up as procedural changes, new decision-makers, and shifting ...

Senate Bill 4 returns to the 5th Circuit with border crossings at record lows, a sharp reversal from the influx that inspired ...

Judges on a federal appeals court heard arguments this week in the appeal of Brittany Holberg’s capital murder conviction.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The 13th Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a 2024 Hidalgo County court’s life sentence ...

A Texas court ruled that telling a drunk employee not to drive at a company party shields employers from liability, even when ...

The Texas Third Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Kaitlin Armstrong for the 2022 ...

A federal appeals court heard arguments over a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms statewide ...

The case centers on the Texas Heartbeat Act, a 2021 law that bans abortions after cardiac activity is detected and lets private citizens enforce the ban through lawsuits.

Churches and businesses argue state trespass rules force them to choose between speech and the right to exclude firearms.

A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.

An appeals court in New Orleans is weighing whether Louisiana and Texas can require public schools to display the Ten ...

The legal challenge has continued through a case brought by a group of civil rights organizations and El Paso County.