While Congregation Toras Chaim fights the city of Dallas for the right to operate out of a Far North Dallas house — and thus to continue existing — another peculiar legal tussle over the rites of Orthodox Judaism is playing out directly across the street. Last October, the residents of…
Nina Pham does not deserve to go forward with her lawsuit against Texas Health Resources, the parent company of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, the company says. Pham became the first person to contract the Ebola virus in the United States last fall during her treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan, a…
One night in August 2011, a half dozen cows escaped their pasture and wandered onto a semi-rural stretch of road in Amarillo. The driver of an approaching pickup slamed on the brakes, but not quite soon enough to keep the truck from entering a terrifying barrel roll. Bobby Tunnell, the…
The presumption that court proceedings should be open to the public has been a feature of the American judiciary since around the time Englishmen in funny hats stepped off the Mayflower. It’s not directly addressed in the U.S. Constitution but it is enshrined in the founding documents of many states,…
Troy Causey, the Wilmer-Hutchins basketball player beaten to death outside his home one year ago today, should never have been in the situation that led to his death, his mother says. Causey was improperly recruited to play basketball at Wilmer-Hutchins while he was in the custody of the Dallas County…
On paper, the seven plaintiffs suing the NFL for their experiences at 2011’s Jerryworld-hosted Super Bowl won. A Dallas jury agreed with the group — and the NFL — that the leagued breached its contract with the fans when they were either denied seats or switched to different seats at…
In what’s turning out to be a stellar week for tolerance in Dallas, the rabbi of Congregation Toras Chaim, the embattled Orthodox Jewish congregation that meets in a Far North Dallas home, says someone painted a swastika on his car sometime Wednesday. “I feel completely violated. As a Jew, the…
Heading into deliberations, the questions facing the jury in the 2011 Super Bowl seating fiasco trial were pretty simple. The NFL — accused of breach of contract and fraudulent inducement after the plaintiff fans were either relocated or denied seats entirely at the game — has admitted to the breach…
This all could have been avoided, Jerry Jones said, if he’d just gotten his way. As part of an attempt to break the Super Bowl attendance record — set in 1980 when 103,985 fans watched the Steelers beat the Rams in the Rose Bowl — 13,000 temporary seats were added…
Dallas Police officer Amy Wilburn shot Kelvion Walker — that much is beyond dispute. Believing he was armed and a carjacking suspect, Wilburn rushed the car Walker was sitting in. Despite, according to witnesses, Walker’s hands being up, Wilburn drew her weapon and hit him in the stomach. DPD brass…
A federal magistrate judge has ruled that Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is, in fact, indigent enough that taxpayers should pay for a sizable portion of his defense, as faces federal corruption charges for allegedly taking almost $1 million in bribes. Earlier today, Price filed the requested financial disclosure…
Organizers of a petition drive to stop Plano’s new anti-discrimination ordinance misled supporters, failed to properly verify signatures and didn’t follow Plano requirements for petition drives, the city says. See also: What Do Plano Christians Have Against Veterans?…
Quelling a minor insurrection by the Travis County judiciary, the Texas Supreme Court issued a pair of emergency stays blocking two lower-court rulings that might have allowed same-sex marriage in the state. Tuesday, a Travis County probate judge ruled Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional while splitting up the proceeds…
Continuing Lance Armstrong’s long descent from cycling champion to tragic, cautionary tale, SCA Promotion confirmed Monday that an arbitration panel has decided that Armstrong and Tailwind Sports, the owners of the U.S. Postal Service team for which Armstrong rode, owe the Dallas-based company $10 million for bonuses SCA paid after…
Opening statements in the trial of Eddie Routh, the former Marine accused of murdering “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield focused on the limited ground over which the case will be decided — whether or not Routh met the Texas standard for legal insanity when he shot…
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, acting through his attorney Billy Ravkind, has pulled his application for a taxpayer-paid lawyer. Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn reset a hearing to evaluate Price’s claims of indigence after Price didn’t show up to court — apparently with Ravkind’s blessing. Lynn was aggravated,…
Barring any last minute action by the United States Supreme Court, Robert Ladd will be executed Thursday night by the state of Texas. Ladd, convicted for the 1996 murder of Vicki Ann Garner, will be the second inmate on Texas’ death row killed in 2015. Texas’ highest criminal court, the…
Showing what The Dallas Morning News’ Rudy Bush derisively called “moxie,” Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price says that, despite his $141,000 salary, he is unable to pay for his defense as he faces a bevy of federal corruption charges. Bush, among others, thinks this is ridiculous, that Price is…
It’s hollow succor, to be sure, but 5th Texas Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a judge made an improper ruling in the case that ended in outgoing Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins being charged with contempt of court. Watkins secured an indictment in 2011 that accused Al Hill III…
The Case: DeLeon vs. Perry features two sets of plaintiffs fighting for two distinct rights. Cleopatra DeLeon and Nicole Dimetman are already married. The couple seeks to force the state of Texas to recognize their Massachusetts union and grant them the rights afforded to opposite-sex married couples from other states…
The new year will ring in with two major skirmishes in the nation’s culture wars, as the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in one case challenging Texas’ restrictive new abortion law and another seeking to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The…
Are strippers employees, or just independent contractors working for tips? A lawsuit filed against Dallas’ all-nude Jaguars settled on Wednesday, leaving us no answer, at least in this case. The plaintiffs in the suit, 182 women who worked for the club’s outlets in Texas and Arizona, will divvy up $1.54…
