Texas legal news
Justice Dept. Seeks Supreme Court Fast‑Track to Build Border Wall in West Texas
The DOJ asked the Supreme Court’s emergency docket to lift a district court injunction blocking a border barrier in the sparsely populated Big Bend area, arguing urgent harm despite low apprehension rates.
Texas Sues Harris County to Halt Targeted Get-Out-the-Vote Social Media Ads
The Texas Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit seeking to halt Harris County's get-out-the-vote ad campaign, alleging racial discrimination under state law.
Supreme Court Asked to Keep Lower Court Halt on Texas Border Wall Construction
Environmental groups and a landowner petition the Supreme Court to leave a district judge's order stopping Trump-era wall work in Big Bend, Texas, citing major‑questions doctrine concerns.
Taylor Farms Recalls H‑E‑B Backyard BBQ Salad Kit Over Undeclared Soy and Almonds
Taylor Farms is pulling its 13.4‑oz H‑E‑B Backyard BBQ Chop Salad Kit from Texas stores because soy and almonds were not listed on the label, posing a risk to allergy sufferers.
1,249 attorneys and law firms across Texas are listed here, with the largest concentrations in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth and Corpus Christi. The practice areas represented most often are personal injury, criminal defence, family law and divorce.
How the courts are organised
Texas has an unusual two-headed structure at the top: the Supreme Court of Texas hears civil appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals hears criminal ones. Below them sit fourteen courts of appeals, then district courts — the main trial courts, organised by county — with county courts at law and justice courts handling smaller matters. Federal cases go to the Northern, Southern, Eastern or Western District of Texas.
Points that shape Texas cases
— Attorneys are licensed by the State Bar of Texas; status and discipline are public.
— Texas is a community property state, so characterising assets as community or separate is the central question in most substantial divorces.
— The state uses proportionate responsibility: a claimant found more than 50 percent at fault recovers nothing, and any lesser share reduces the award.
— Family law here speaks of conservatorship and possession rather than custody and visitation.
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