Tag: employment discrimination

November 6, 2025, opinions

November 7, 2025

Designated for publication Engelhardt, J. (Dennis, Southwick, Engelhardt) (oral argument), Dennis, J., dissenting in part; First Amendment, sovereign immunity, standing Vacating injunction entered on First Amendment pre-enforcement challenge brought by drag performer and organizations against Texas law regulating “sexually oriented performances on public property and in the presence of minors”; and remanding for further proceedings. … More November 6, 2025, opinions

October 23-24, 2025, opinions

October 27, 2025

Published decisions per curiam (Elrod, Jones, Higginson) (no oral argument), Higginson, J., dissenting; criminal, discovery, sealed records Granting unopposed motion for summary reversal of unexplained denial of joint unopposed motion for entry of modified protective order for production of criminal discovery records. Finding: “The dissent raises the concern that a reversal of the District Court’s … More October 23-24, 2025, opinions

October 17, 2025, opinions

October 19, 2025

Designated for publication Stewart, J. (Jones, Stewart, Ramirez) (oral argument), criminal, sufficiency of evidence, testimony, jury instruction Affirming conviction of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and making false entries in bank records. A federal jury convicted Ashton J. Ryan, Jr.—former President/CEO of First NBC Bank and Chair of its Board—of conspiracy to commit … More October 17, 2025, opinions

October 14-15, 2025, opinions

October 16, 2025

Designated for publication Clement, J. (Clement, Engelhardt, Wilson) (oral argument), Title VII, employment discrimination, labor law, jury instructions, pleadings amendment Denying petition for en banc rehearing, but granting petition for panel rehearing and substituting a new opinion in place of the panel’s May 8, 2025, opinion; reversing the denial of Southwest’s motion for judgment as a matter of law … More October 14-15, 2025, opinions

October 8, 2025, opinions

October 9, 2025

Designated for publication Elrod, C.J. (Elrod, Clement, Haynes) (no oral argument), Rooker-Feldman doctrine, personal tort, defamation Vacating Rooker-Feldman-based dismissal of plaintiff attorney’s defamation claims against defendant attorneys who had represented the plaintiff’s client’s employer in underlying Title IX claims brought by plaintiff’s client arising from alleged sexual assault and harassment of university students by university’s … More October 8, 2025, opinions

September 23, 2025, opinions

September 24, 2025

Designated for publication Higginson, J. (Higginson, Willett, Engelhardt), takings Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s inverse condemnation claim against City, dismissal of Declaratory Judgment Act claim, and remand of breach of contract and other claims to state court. The plaintiffs, a group of developers, contracted with the City of Mesquite to carry out public improvement projects, including … More September 23, 2025, opinions

September 19, 2025, opinions

September 22, 2025

Designated for publication Graves, J. (Elrod, Graves, Higginson), sec. 1983, death penalty Affirming dismissal of Texas capital inmate’s sec. 1983 claim that Texas’s post-conviction relief procedures are unconstitutional, and denying motions for a stay of execution and for leave to file a successive habeas petition. Blaine Keith Milam was convicted in Texas of murdering his … More September 19, 2025, opinions

September 17, 2025, opinions

September 18, 2025

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal, sentencing Affirming sentence on revocation of supervised release. per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Wilson), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), employment discrimination Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s … More September 17, 2025, opinions

September 16, 2025, opinions

September 17, 2025

Designated for publication Duncan, J. (Dennis, Graves, Duncan), Dennis, J., dissenting; criminal, pretrial detention, immigration Affirming denial of motion for pretrial detention. The majority affirmed the district court’s denial of Celia Ignacia Esquivel-Bataz’s motion for pretrial release, rejecting her argument that the district court improperly relied on an immigration detainer to find her a flight … More September 16, 2025, opinions

September 10, 2025, opinions

September 11, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (Elrod, King, Graves), Elrod, C.J., concurring; Graves, J., dissenting; criminal, Second Amendment Affirming conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon. Alvaro Alejandro Mancilla pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) after he and his cousin were arrested at a … More September 10, 2025, opinions