Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...Orleans early next year to argue before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, if that court decides to..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

HB 2: A SCOTUS Pause Before the Next Storm

Patients, clinics struggle with the impact of legal rulings

"...similar scene all over Texas – when the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed U.S. Judge Lee Yeakel's..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

After a Month of Chaos, Abortion Care Returns to Texas

Clinics, patients, and the law get put through the ringer over care

"...and mandatory sonograms already completed – the conservative U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Paxton's urgent request to..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ultrasound Suit Loses Ground

Sparks says his hands are tied after 5th Circuit finds ultrasound law constitutional

"...The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an appeal..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Judge Edith Jones on Race, Crime, and God's Vengeance

Civil rights group files complaint against 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge

"...Jones, who sits on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – based in New..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The high court sends a message – three times – to Texas and the 5th Circuit

"...prosecutorial misconduct, but his claim was denied by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Last year the Supremes..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Buehler Lawsuit Victory

Peaceful Streets Project founder can take his civil rights suit to trial

"...will have time to make an appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Calls to the city..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Anthony Graves Case Raises the Dead ... Again

Judge once again okays testimony of dead witness

"...at Graves' original 1994 trial was crucial to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 2006 to..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas, Abortion, and COVID-19: The Chaos Timeline

Charting 30 days of legal back-and-forth

"...March 31: Within 24 hours, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, at Paxton's urgent request, ­places..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Court Rules: Texas Voter ID Still Racist

Second ruling finds GOP deliberately suppressed minority vote

"...In 2015, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Ramos had gone..."

April 11, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

An Undue Burden: Supremes Vindicate Pro-Choice Texans

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

"...the failure of Texas officials and the notoriously conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (which upheld the law) to..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Anthony Graves Update: Defense Team Shot Down Again

Judge rules special prosecutor may use recanted – and likely perjured – testimony of man who fingered Graves as his accomplice in multiple murder

"...apparently doesn't feel the need to comply with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or, for that matter,..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Supremes to Examine Death Row Appeals

Supreme Court agrees to hear three Texas death row appeals during its new term

"...specifically the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – have complied with..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Glow Sticks: A Menace to Society!

The drug cops win one, lose one in the appellate courts.

"...In a June 20 opinion, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and dismissed a lower..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

HB 2 Goes to Washington

Providers want ASC and admit privileges rules gone

"...HB 2 – For Now," July 3), after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals downplayed barriers the law imposes..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court to Take Up HB 2

Providers want ASC and admit privileges rules gone

"...2 – For Now,” July 3), after the the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals downplayed barriers the law imposes..."

Sept. 3, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Condemned Banks Looks to Supreme Court

Delma Banks death row appeal reads like a laundry list of everything wrong with Texas capital punishment.

"...and Banks' appeals ended in August 2002 when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected all of his..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

One More Time for Miller-El

The Supreme Court once again hears death-row inmate's case

"...of blacks" from the pool. In 2001, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, ruling that prosecutors had..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Supremes' Fall Season

Criminal justice, medical marijuana – and maybe redistricting? – on the high court's plate

"...Last year the court remanded Miller-El's case to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that the lower..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After Two-Day Pause, Abortion Ban Reinstated

Following last week's pause, Texas Senate Bill 8 is back

"...ban is back in effect, after the largely conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the state..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Hernandez to ICE Reversal Critics: “This Is Not Over”

Sheriff incurs wrath after altering detainer policy

"...two weeks before the town hall panel, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals partially rolled back a lower..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-Abortion Law HB 2

In a 5-3 ruling, SCOTUS says HB 2 creates an undue burden for women

"...judge struck down HB 2 as unconstitutional, the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld it, failing to consider..."

June 27, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Road Ahead Murky After Voter ID Ruling

County says ruling won't impact November elections

"...50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act – the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the latest ruling in..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

U.S. Supreme Court Stops HB 2

Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito dissent

"...Judges struck a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that allowed the law..."

Oct. 14, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Just Drive, She Said

Judges defend abortion restrictions

"...argued Monday morning before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – and the judges'..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Supremes Sustain HB 2, 5-4

Abortion providers wait while SCOTUS contemplate a stay

"...Texas, whose lawyers received an emergency stay from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing the law to..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Claims Abortion Law Harms No One

State files SCOTUS brief defending HB 2

"...Oct. 28 ruling, and a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the state an..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

AG's Office Warned Against Filing 'Punitive' Appeals

Warning stems from pending whistle-blower lawsuit against Gary Grief and the Texas Lottery Commission, for which the AG's office is serving as the defendants' co-counsel

"...an opinion handed down on Nov. 6 by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The opinion involves a pending..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Scott Panetti: Sane Enough to Execute?

Supremes' June 28 ruling in case of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti concludes that law requires condemned inmates have some 'rational understanding' of why they're being executed in order to satisfy Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment

"...Anthony Kennedy opined that the Texas courts and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' handling of the Panetti..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Update

Seeking to overturn a lower court's ruling that death row inmate Anthony Graves must be given a new trial by Sept. 12, AG's office files final appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

"...Graves' conviction was finally overturned last year when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prosecutors violated..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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