Courts

A man was held in jail for nearly two months longer than he should’ve been. It’s the latest example of problems arising from technical issues with Dallas County software.

Now, Dallas youths must be home or in school at certain times of the day and night. That could change because of a new state law.

As Dallas wages a war on poker clubs, one local club owner says it’s a lot easier doing business in other Texas cities.

The winning streak for the Texas attorney general continued on Tuesday morning when he struck a deal with prosecutors to drop the felony charges against him from 2015.

Sexually oriented businesses and the city have battled over a curfew passed in 2022. This decision marks a small loss for the businesses, but not a total defeat.

Dallas has searched for a legal path forward for poker clubs, but now that path looks like one that current poker clubs would never choose to take.

A former Dallas city marshal allegedly falsified a police report in 2021 after slamming a man to the ground with excessive force. Now, he’s been found guilty of tampering with a government record.

A new state law requires Texas counties to create Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) and file a report on efforts to fight crime. Dallas and Collin have yet to file their reports.

Five cities are facing lawsuits from the Texas Attorney General over their efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

The video posted Monday to the president’s X account ends with a simple message: “Protect abortion rights.”

Janie Cisneros of West Dallas wants a local shingle factory gone. She says she’s looking for justice, and she’s turning to the courts to get it.

More than 80 Texas have been arrested for the Capitol breach. A recent poll says Republicans have only grown more loyal to Donald Trump since the 2021 attack.

Before the state Supreme Court now, Zurawski v. State of Texas involves several North Texas women who were denied abortions while their health was in danger.

The chief clerk of a local justice of the peace court allegedly faked an eviction hearing notice last year.

What’s in a name? After years of debate, litigation and compromise, the path forward for local poker clubs in Dallas might finally be near.

The battle over short-term rentals in Dallas neighborhoods will continue after a judge granted an injunction against the city’s new zoning regulations.

During the 2020 protests an SMU professor thought his country had declared war on him. Now he’s suing police and the city for violating his constitutional rights.

Dallas police can still cite residents for what are regarded as basic actions and communications. Some say the amended ordinance does not pass constitutional muster.

In a ruling last week, a federal judge said Dallas had the facts to back up an ordinance that would close sexually oriented businesses between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.

With 2 of the 11 fentanyl dealers tied to juvenile overdoses and deaths in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD now sentenced, authorities continue to crack down in North Texas.

In a Sept. 28 ruling, a court of appeals decided that the popular cannabis product can remain legal in the state.