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Appellate Trials

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Why Won't the State Pay Billy Allen For His Time In Prison -- Or Should It?

    ​In the spirit of this week's cover on the exoneree compensation scheme and the attorneys who've profited handsomely from it, we submit the case of Billy Frederick Allen -- a man incarcerated for nearly 26 years for two apparently drug-related University Park murders. In February 2009, the Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    "A Great Day for the First Amendment": Appeals Court Tosses HP Developer's Defamation Claims

    Carla Main​At this late date I won't detail the case pitting Highland Park developer Hiram Walker Royall against author Carla Main, which we've been following for the past three years. Let's just put it like this: Royall, who was involved in an eminent domain case down in Freeport, became the subj ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    David Wins $51 Million in Case v. Goliath: Tarrant County Jury Rules for Couple That Spent Years Fighting Perry Homes

    Bob Perry​Now this is breaking news. By now, surely you know the story of Bob and Jane Cull, which has been around for a decade -- when the twosome sued Perry Homes, claiming their house in Mansfield went to hell shortly after they bought it for $233,730 in 1996. At almost every turn, folks found ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    If Nothing Else, We Learn That In a Fight Over a Goat Sacrifice, the Goat Always Loses

    Brandon ThibodeauxJose Merced​The sleepy suburb of Euless seems an odd spot for a battle over goat sacrifice. Perhaps that's what first attracted us to the story of Jose Merced, a commercial flight attendant who also happens to be a high priest in the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería, in which ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    Hey Mayor Leppert: Want Ethics Reform To Have Some Real Teeth? Take Away the Power of the Table.

    Brandon ThibodeauxJose Merced​The sleepy suburb of Euless seems an odd spot for a battle over goat sacrifice. Perhaps that's what first attracted us to the story of Jose Merced, a commercial flight attendant who also happens to be a high priest in the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería, in which ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Texas Mutual Says Thanks, But No Thanks, to State Oversight

    Texas’ leading workers’ comp insurer says we don’t need courts and juries watching over them. Yeah, right.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    So, The State Will Have an Integrity Unit. Which Will Do What, Exactly?

    Texas’ leading workers’ comp insurer says we don’t need courts and juries watching over them. Yeah, right.

  • News

    May 29, 2008

    Pix of a Polygamist Smooch Is Worth a Thousand Icks

    Texas’ leading workers’ comp insurer says we don’t need courts and juries watching over them. Yeah, right.

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    In Austin, a Judge Rules State Had No Right to Seize FLDS Kids

    Texas’ leading workers’ comp insurer says we don’t need courts and juries watching over them. Yeah, right.

  • News

    November 30, 2006

    Trial by Fire

    A rookie Democratic judge faces tough on-the-job training

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Undue Process

    Want to send an innocent man to prison for life? Judge Karen Greene is ready to help.

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Train Kept on Rollin'

    Emily Dowdy's case hangs on a judge's opinion of her own performance on the bench

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    Hot Dog Bun Justice

    Emily Dowdy's case hangs on a judge's opinion of her own performance on the bench

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Roots

    The mess at City Hall goes back to ancient times

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Oklahoma Railroad

    Accused of killing a cop's son, Emily Dowdy learns the hard way that in Oklahoma City justice isn't blind. It works for the prosecution.

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    No Shame

    At long last, Al, have you no sense of decency?

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    One for Us

    Appeals court grants judgment in libel suit

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    It Doesn't Suck.com

    Not for a cyber-griper who won a legal victory against his corporate nemesis

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Lost Youth

    A civil suit alleges prosecutorial misconduct in one child's death, another's incarceration

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Political Moment

    The Return of Al Lipscomb

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    All's Well

    Right vs. wrong is a murky issue for the public sector

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Jury of His Dears

    What the appeals court really said was that Lipscomb had a right to be tried where he was loved

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Corraled

    The USDA backs off its tough new meat-inspection standards. That's a good thing, beef producers say.

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    Buzz

    No news..., Calling Justice Scalia

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Killing machine

    It is 6:07 p.m. John Albert Burks salutes the Oakland Raiders and says goodbye to his friends. Minutes later, he is a dead man. This year's 21st execution.

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Buzz

    Not yet begun to fight

  • Dining

    April 27, 2000

    Hash Over

    No Fork over; Gorman gallops

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Bench press

    A pack of well-heeled lawyers calls for the head of mercurial Dallas Judge John Marshall

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Good time Charlie

    The don of Dallas criminal lawyers, Charles Tessmer reshaped justice through decades of hard-fought cases and hard drink

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Judge shake-it-baby

    Conservative Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller is landlord to a North Dallas topless bar

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Innocence Lost

    Railroaded onto death row, Kerry Max Cook endures rapes, beatings, and suicide attempts while waiting for justice

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Let them play golf

    An appeals judge throws out the cast against the city's plans for changing Tenison Park

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Dissed robes

    Federal Judge John H. McBryde gets more than a slap on the wrist from his outraged brethren

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Observer wins Bar award

    Federal Judge John H. McBryde gets more than a slap on the wrist from his outraged brethren

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Buzz

    Federal Judge John H. McBryde gets more than a slap on the wrist from his outraged brethren

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Dallas' lawyer joke

    A legal comedy of errors led to a $5 million tragedy for the city

  • News

    February 8, 1996

    Buzz

    A legal comedy of errors led to a $5 million tragedy for the city

  • News

    February 16, 1995

    Pickup Games

    How a giant lawsuit against General Motors could leave lawyers with millions - and Texas truck owners breathing fumes

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