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U.S. Courts

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Cabbies' Suit Against Dallas and It's Love Field Line-Cutting Rule Tossed Out of Court

    Sure, it goes against everything we learned in elementary school -- cut in line and suffer ridicule and a knuckle to the shoulder -- but it turns out the city of Dallas has every right to allow compressed natural gas-powered taxis to queue-jump at Love Field to improve air quality, U.S. District Jud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    American Cancer Society Gets To Keep Donations to Cattle Baron's Ball From Oil and Gas Fraudsters

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a federal district court's order forcing the American Cancer Society to return some $240,000 donated by Irving-based Giant Operating, an oil and gas company the Security and Exchange Commission says defrauded investors of more than $13 million. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    After Judge Keeps County's Suit Against Mortgage Processer in Dallas, a Nudge to Settle

    ​It's been close to five months since Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins went after Mortgage Electronic Registration System over what Watkins claimed were "tens of millions in uncollected filing fees owed to the citizens of Dallas County." But since then little has been said about the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    UNT Prof's Discrimination Suit Might Get Tossed ... For Going After Wrong School

    ​In a 2010 lawsuit filed in federal court, Dr. Tiffiney Barfield-Cottledge claimed the University of North Texas lobbed her application for a faculty position into the dustbin because she's black. And because they were retaliating against her for allegedly griping to the media. In recompense, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    As Promised, Texas AG, Paul Clement Have Asked Supreme Court to Stay Court's New Maps

    ​Yesterday we gave you the heads-up: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has brought in former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement to try to throw out what they claim are the federal court's "unlawful redistricting maps." And, right on cue, they've filed their emergency stays with the U.S. Supreme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2011

    Paul Clement's To-Do List Just Got Longer As He Tries to Toss Texas's Redistricting Maps

    ​On Wednesday we got our first look at the new-look Texas maps drawn by the court, which is attempting to rectify the U.S. Department of Justice's concerns that the state Legislature is attempting to keep Hispanics from voting for Hispanic candidates, especially in Dallas-Fort Worth. To which Texa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Will Occupy Dallas Stay at City Hall? Will Its Case Be Heard in Federal Court? Who Knows!

    Photo by Chris Howell​Right now we were supposed to be at the Earle Cabell for a federal hearing over Occupy Dallas's camp-out behind Dallas City Hall. Alas, that was not meant to be: Friday's agreement, which said the Occupiers could occupy City Hall's bathrooms and kept the city from making ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Occupy Dallas Can Stay Put, Temporarily and Conditionally, Pending a Hearing on Monday

    Photo by Chris Howell​This afternoon, U.S. District Judge David Godbey helped City Hall and Occupy Dallas come to a verbal agreement that protestors can not only keep camping outside City Hall, but can also use City Hall restrooms and keep their current signage -- two issues disputed in the te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    U.S. Supreme Court Rules Dallas County's Appeal in Fight Over Voting Machines is "Moot"

    ​This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a very confusing ruling in the case involving Dallas County's voting machines -- a case, you'll recall, that stemmed from Linda Harper-Brown's 19-vote victory over Democrat Bob Romano in 1998. Long story short: The Texas Democratic Party (represent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Middle East Field Buyer Alleges Anti-Muslim Atmosphere At War-Zone Contractor Giant KBR

    ​KBR, Inc., the massive and controversial Houston-based wartime contractor that has landed billions in military contracts for erecting base camps and supplying fuel for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will have to convince a federal judge in Dallas that race and religion had nothing to do wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    With One Day Left to Save Attacker, Bhuiyan's Case Goes to the Media ... and Federal Court

    Behind the counter at the Pleasant Grove convenience store following the September 2001 shooting of Rais Bhuiyan by Mark Stroman​Tomorrow, the steady stream of stories about Rais Bhuiyan's attempt to save Mark Stroman -- the man who shot Bhuiyan in the face and killed two other men in the days fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Unintended Consequences, or: How Our John Wiley Price Reporting Helped Birth a Bad Bill

    ​Our coverage of the Inland Port scandal in Dallas may yet produce some new federal law. If it does, I don't think it's going to be anything we will be bragging about. Yesterday Wilonsky posted a 2-year-old deposition he found on the website of embattled Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2011

    While We Wait for Election Returns, Look at NY Times's Front-Page Story About Harlan Crow

    Photo by Brian HarkinHarlan Crow​I'm killing time at this point ... and this bottle of Old Fitzgerald. And while we wait for the county to update its election totals, I'm reading tomorrow's New York Times, which is full of local-interest stories -- more than our own daily, probably. Like this nice ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Fantasy Voter Fraud

    Photo by Brian HarkinHarlan Crow​I'm killing time at this point ... and this bottle of Old Fitzgerald. And while we wait for the county to update its election totals, I'm reading tomorrow's New York Times, which is full of local-interest stories -- more than our own daily, probably. Like this nice ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    The Curious Price-Fixing Case of Kay's Kloset Makes a Return to the Supreme Court

    Harvard prof Einer Elhauge ​A couple of years back we noted that the price-fix was back in, thanks in large part to a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that eventually put a Flower Mound business out of business. Perhaps you recall that case: Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. Kay's Kloset -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Despite Dismissals, Challenge to Dallas Bike Helmet Law Still Alive in Federal Criminal Court

    For a guy coping with the dismissal of his long-running challenge to the city's bike helmet law, Paul Woodfield sounded in awfully good spirits this morning when I reached him by phone.Could've had something to do with the 160-mile bike ride through Washington State from which he and his wife have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Just Because Supreme Court Passes on PISD-Off Parents' Appeal Doesn't Mean This is Over

    ​At this late date is there really any reason to go back and retell the tale of the Ghost of War on Christmas Past? You remember this, right? Kids at Plano Independent School District elementary schools pass out "Jesus is the Reason for the Season" pencils and Christian-flavored candy canes amongs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    City to Settle With Family of Man Struck and Killed By DPD Squad Car Five Years Ago

    ​According to court documents, on the evening of September 23, 2005, Dallas Police officer Kent Wolverton received a call for help from a fellow officer at the Larry Johnson Recreation Center on Dixon Avenue near Fair Park. Wolverton would later insist "that he heard screaming in the background of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Judge Won't Dismiss Love Field Guard's Defamation Suit Against Radio Host

    Rickey Smiley​Back in May, we directed your attention to the legal woes of Henry Robinson, a former Love Field security guard who claimed in Dallas federal court that The Beat-97.9 host Rickey Smiley cost him his job when he went questioned his heterosexuality. The whole thing stemmed from an inci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Yet Again, AG Abbott Defends the Constitutionality of the Texas Pledge

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Ex-DISD Official Ruben Bohuchot Gets 11 Years In Prison

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Seriously, Never Give an Employee the Company Credit Card. Like, Ever.

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Don Hill's Genius Idea

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    We Aren't Marshall: Volkswagen Wants Case Moved to Dallas

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    FLDS Mothers Respond to State's Response in Texas Supreme Court

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    In Valentine's Day News, Sex Toys Now Perfectly Legal in Texas!

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2008

    The Best T.O.-Jerry Jones Conspiracy Theory You've Ever Heard, Read or Thought About Ever

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Man Who Sent Threats to News Editor and Federal Judge Gets 20 Years

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

    Sam Lindsay to FB: Not Yet, Amigos.

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay Votes "No" on Farmers Branch Ordinance

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2007

    Korman and the Taxmen

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2006

    O Holy Land Foundation

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2006

    Don't Call It a Comeback

    ​Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn't want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago -- back when the Crofts also sued the ... More >>

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Paying the Piper

    Legal bills mount as the county defends its failed jail health systems

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2006

    The Backdating Scene

    Legal bills mount as the county defends its failed jail health systems

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2006

    MADI About Alberto

    Legal bills mount as the county defends its failed jail health systems

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Life After Death

    Andre Lewis was eight hours from being executed, until the courts realized they had made a big mistake

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Diversopoly

    Got what it takes for law school? Play the game and find out.

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Touchy Subject

    Federal judge strikes down Dallas' two-rubs-and-you're-out rule for strip clubs

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Hold That Five Mil'

    City Hall settles big suits with your tax money

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    You Say Commie, I Say Nazi

    Dallas judges really go for that government authority thing

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Off the Killing Floor

    Dallas-based Supreme Beef wins a major round in its court battle with the USDA

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Impossible dreamer

    Fearless reformer or legal terrorist? Bobby Wightman-Cervantes makes a run for the Senate. The Texas Bar says he should have his head examined.

  • Dining

    August 26, 1999

    Hash Over

    Order in the cork

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Dissed robes

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

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Nice try

    A troubled Dallas anti-poverty agency's end-run around state regulators goes nowhere

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Star chamber II

    John Henry McBryde's day of reckoning is at hand, but what that means is anybody's guess

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Temper, temper

    Judge John Henry McBryde ruled his court like a minor despot, angering lawyers and fellow judges. Now they're lined up to depose him, and the Constitution be damned.

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    Jurist imprudence

    The search for a new federal judge reaches the lowest common denominator

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    A bittersweet deal

    Sexual harassment charges against Sky Chefs are settled quietly, and reluctantly

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