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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.
Arson charges have been dropped against the wife of a Texas Supreme Court justice in a fire that destroyed their home in a Houston suburb.
A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday threw out a jury award over injuries a 17-year-old girl suffered in an exorcism conducted by members of her old church, ruling that the case unconstitutionally entangled the court in religious matters.
Parents awaiting the release of children taken into state custody during a raid of a polygamist group's ranch may need to wait a few days because so many parents are showing up at foster homes simultaneously, a sect leader said Tuesday.
The wife of a Texas Supreme Court justice was indicted for a second time Wednesday on charges connected to a fire that destroyed the couple's suburban Houston home last summer.
Former BP PLC chairman Lord John Browne cannot be questioned without limits about the oil giant's deadly 2005 Texas City refinery accident, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.
A Texas Supreme Court justice acknowledged Wednesday that he used campaign cash to pay for dozens of flights to his hometown last year, calling the trips campaign-related — even though he's not up for re-election until 2012.
A bizarre legal battle effectively ended Tuesday when a judge ruled that a grand jury that indicted a Texas Supreme Court justice over the prosecutor's objections was operating with improperly filed paperwork, the justice's attorney and the grand jury foreman said.
A judge dismissed grand jury indictments Friday that accused a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife of involvement in an arson at their home, but prosecutors noted the couple had not been absolved and the investigation was continuing.
A Texas Supreme Court justice was indicted Thursday on suspicion of tampering with evidence in a fire that destroyed his home, a blaze the judge's wife is accused of setting, their attorney said.
Exxon Faces $1 Billion In Fines For Deliberate Illegal Dumping, and Sabotage of Public and Private Property - Texas AgencyHOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- A Texas elected official Friday requested an investigation into oil well sabotage in a rural part of the state by Exxon Mobil Corp. and said the world's largest publicly traded oil company could be liable for more than $1 billion in penalties.
Texas Supreme Court rejects Barr's legal challenge which would have kept Obama/McCain off Nov. ballotThe Texas Supreme Court this morning rejected Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr's request that the court toss the major-party nominees off the Nov. 4 ballot in Texas.
Texas Supreme Court: Beat a Teen for JesusKidnapping and exorcism by fundamentalists in Texas: But leave it to the Texas Supreme Court to decide that physical assault, kidnapping, and generally traumatizing young women is a-okay if you say Jesus told you to do it.
Grand jury foreman irate in TX Supreme Court justice arson caseIn a case some say reveals political backscratching at the courthouse, a Texas Supreme Court justice saw his arson-related indictment thrown out Friday at the request of a scandal-plagued, but fellow Republican, prosecutor.
Complaints Filed Over Discounted Fees for Texas Justice Caught in Miers Nomination FlapTravis County, Texas, prosecutors are investigating whether Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht received an illegal gift when Jackson Walker discounted its legal fees for representing him in his 2006 fight with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Texas Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Embryos - Associated ContentFrozen Embryos...babies in waiting. This article tells who will ultimately decide their fate. Very interesting, relevant article.
How Corporate America Took Control of the CourtsBusiness Week - How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney
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