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A Texas family has owned land in Freeport since 1940; after the port sought to seize it in 2020

The Marshall family from Texas is challenging a recent decision that permits Port Freeport to exercise eminent domain for a new cold-storage facility. Claiming the ruling is unconstitutional, they assert that the port is misusing its authority for private gain, infringing upon Texas property regulations. Legal analysts indicate that this…

The Times of India · 2h ago

Litigant Who Cited "Fictional Authority" Ordered to Include All Cited Authorities in Future Filings in Any Court

The Texas Court of Appeals just upheld the order.

Reason · Mar 13

Open Beaches Constitutional Amendment Challenge to Closing Beaches for SpaceX Launches Can Go Forward

From yesterday's decision in SaveRGV, Sierra Club & Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas v. Texas General Land Office, decided yesterday by the Texas Court of Appeals (Corpus Christi-Edinburg), in an opinion by Justice Clarissa Silva, joined by Chief Justice Dori Contreras and Justice Nora Longoria: The Texas Constitution provides that "[t]he…

Reason · Feb 2, 2024

Threatening to Tell Ex's Employer That Ex Was Sleeping With Her Boss Isn't "Obscene Harassment"

From State v. Solis, decided last week by the Texas Court of Appeals (Justice Gina Benavides, joined by Chief Justice Dori Contreras and Justice Jaime Tijerina): On August 5, 2020, Solis was charged by information with obscene harassment [a class B misdemeanor, Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 42.07(a)(4)]: [O]n or…

Reason · Jun 1, 2023