Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
All six of the other candidates running for the Texas Supreme Court say free legal representation should be voluntary. Only half of Texas lawyers are doing pro bono work, meeting a mere 20 percent of low-income Texans’ civil legal needs.
Dallas Appeals Court Chief Justice says Bench has no bias against jury verdicts or plaintiffs.
Haynes and Boone study shows that appellate judges are especially hostile to verdicts for plaintiffs.
University of Texas pays Los Angeles-based firm $1 million to argue landmark case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Legal team will include a former solicitor general under the Bush administration and two lawyers who won a 2003 case for the University of Michigan Law School.
Fifteen elected city leaders in Texas claim law suppresses their free speech.
Justices say public beaches may become private when a hurricane alters the coast line.
Texas Attorney General played pivotal role in shaping SCOTUS legal arguments.
Case of first impression expected to have widespread impact.
Refusal to rehear case likely means more court disputes with landowners
Justices unanimously rejected Nestle's argument that tax treats businesses unequally and uniformly.
Texas Supreme Court reviews $45 million Dallas jury award to a man crushed when a parking brake failed on a U-Haul truck.
Nestle says the tax fails to treat businesses equally and uniformly and wants the Legislature to start over.
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