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Judge Blocks Texas' New Voter Registration Laws, Calls Registration Drives "Vital"

A U.S. District Court judge in Galveston yesterday blocked five parts of Texas' new voter registration laws, all of which were aimed at curtailing large voter registration drives. Voting for America and Project Vote, two affiliated national projects that hire canvassers to register new voters, had ... More >>

Frisco's Only Black Coach Says He Was Fired For Complaining of Racial Hostility

Frisco High School's only black coach says he was fired earlier this year for complaining of racial discrimination. Former Frisco world history teacher and basketball coach Alvin Jackson claims in a May 22 lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court that school and district administrators began retaliatin ... More >>

Dallas Man Helps Nordstrom's Famous Return Policy Finally Reach Its Breaking Point

As the always fashionable friends of Unfair Park are surely aware, Nordstrom stands firmly on a reputation as the fairy godmother of customer satisfaction. If you've had a dress for a while and it no longer fits, they'll likely accept the return. If you used lipstick and decided you don't like the c ... More >>

One Irving Man's Art of Pleading Guilty to Defrauding the I.R.S. Out of $400,000

This Chucho Reyes piece is available right here, right now, for $765.​Mexican folk artist Jesús "Chucho" Reyes Ferreira died in 1979, leaving behind an estimable collection of works -- some of which, over the years, have turned up at auction at places like Sotheby's and New York's Swann Gallerie ... More >>

Attorneys Wrestle to Take Lead on Those Class Actions Over Super Bowl Seats That Weren't

Photo by Harry Wilonsky​A Friend of Unfair Park asks if there's any news about those federal lawsuits filed following those copious Super Bowl ticket snafus. As a matter of fact, at this very moment, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Lynn is considering two things -- whether to consolidate the two ... More >>

Former Waitresses Detail 'Sexually Hostile' Workplace Behind the Scenes at Randy White's Hall of Fame Barbecue

Editor's note: Skip to the jump to see an update to this post.A pair of former waitresses at Randy White's Hall of Fame Barbecue detail their months spent in the "sexually hostile work environment" of the local chain's Mesquite location in a suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Dallas. In th ... More >>

Dallas Attorneys Take on Apple, App-Makers in California Federal Court Over Privacy Issues

Flickr user: Sigalakos​Today's Washington Post offers this heads-up: Last week in U.S. District Court in California, Greenville Avenue-based personal-injury attorney Majed Nachawati and West End-dwelling personal-injury attorney Jeremy Wilson filed a class-action suit in which three locals, among ... More >>

Female Officer Files Federal Suit Alleging Sexual Harassment, Retaliation At Dallas PD

​In a lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court against the city of Dallas, an 18-year employee of the Dallas Police Department alleges that she's been sexually harassed by a sergeant, ignored by the chain of command and retaliated against by fellow officers for filing complaints. Casandra Jo ... More >>

English-Only on Duty at Work is OK, but What About the Break Room?

Porsches, Drugs and Money: A Look Into ICE Investigation of Drug-Running Used Car Lot

​U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Dallas County constables had been watching Star Auto Sales, a North Dallas used car dealer, for nearly 10 months before they made their move on February 18; bearing a search warrant, officers from both agencies flipped through the dealership's ... More >>

As Roky Erickson Preps Brand-New Album, a Federal Lawsuit Over His First Solo Record

​As Pete mentioned a few weeks back, Roky Erickson's got a brand-new album forthcoming -- True Love Cast Out All Evil, due in April and featuring as his backing band Okkervil River. Hard to keep track of Roky's comebacks at this late date, but this one appears ready to stick -- thank God. And yet, ... More >>

What Does Judge's Ruling Against Corps in New Orleans Mean For the Trinity Project?

​I am still trying to absorb the 189-page ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Stanwood J. Duval yesterday in the Corps of Engineers Katrina lawsuit in New Orleans, but an early read of it produces this clear and overwhelming impression: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just took one big and bad as ... More >>

In Federal Court, a Former Dallas ISD Principal Fights For Her Old Job, Salary

While on PACER this morning, I came across a lawsuit against the Dallas Independent School District about which not one word has been written: 55-year-old Lilia Gutierrez, a former principal at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, is suing the district, claiming, among other things, that she was w ... More >>

Use Your Illusory: Dallas Federal Judge Allows Privacy Suit Against Blockbuster to Proceed

Flickr photo: sunsideAs if Blockbuster needed any more problems, now comes news that U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas is allowing a Dallas woman to continue her lawsuit against the Elm Street-based video-rental company. The case stems from Cathryn Elaine Harri ... More >>

In Dallas District Court, that Preston Hollow Elementary Lawsuit You Forgot All About

Illustration by Brian StaufferWith little fanfare and hardly any spectators, the trial in the case of Graciela McKay vs. DISD wraps up this week in U.S. District Court, with a verdict expected as early as tomorrow. McKay is the Preston Hollow teacher who filed a federal lawsuit against the district ... More >>

Don't Forget, the DISD Still Has a Preston Hollow Lawsuit to Deal With

Lawsuit Alleges SMU Women's Basketballers Told They Weren't Doing Their Personal Best

Yet Another Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Former "Father Nick"

DISD's Whistleblower Alleges District Retaliation in Federal Lawsuit

Sued and Expelled: The Battle Over the Battle Over Evolution

Indefinite Detention? That'll Set Those Damned Kids Straight.

Say This For Farmers Branch: They Do Stick to Their Guns

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

New Immigration Rules Could Empty Local Kitchens

Tough rules leave restaurants looking for cooks with green cards

Bodily Waste Not, Bodily Want Not

More of Earth Biofuels' Investors Want Their Money Back -- Like, Now

A Teacher Sues DISD, Claiming It Manufactured Evidence, Scared Him Into Quitting and Landed Him in Jail. For Starters.

Not MADI Anymore

Not Enough Flair, Looks Like

Hey, It's Not My Default!

Whose Default Is It, Anyway?

Statute Stomp

The ABCs of ACS Lawsuits

The World Accordion to Buchmeyer

Stalking the Kornman

Getting MADI, Not Even

Waste Not, Want Not

Good News is Not Good News

Trifecta

Wading in the city's dirty water

In the Matter of Kirk v. Klingon

Maybe PISD Does Love God After All. Or Maybe It Hates Lawsuits.

Apparently, Plano ISD Doesn't Like God

Cupid's Quiver

A gift from Texas Ballet Theater

When Online Got Off Base

Or: How Mark Cuban would have--and could have?--saved the music biz

Scene, Heard

A few more area musicians make appearances on the Cartoon Network

Scene, Heard

One Ton Records closes its doors

Take a nap

Maximum Records lines up to lead the fight to keep Napster alive. Oh yeah, and to promote its bands too.

Hash Over

Order in the cork

Buzz

Feds win case against Cabaret Royale

Decision could cost upscale topless club millions