Tag: Lanham Act

July 13-15, 2026, decisions

July 16, 2026

Designated for publication Willett, J. (Stewart, Willett, Wilson) (no oral argument), Stewart, J., dissenting in part; mandamus, appellate jurisdiction, voluntary dismissal, school desegregation Dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction over judgment that was entered after voluntary dismissal of school desegregation case, and granting mandamus vacating post-dismissal judgment. This school-desegregation case had been pending for more … More July 13-15, 2026, decisions

February 24, 2026, opinions

February 25, 2026

Designated for publication per curiam (Smith, Richman, Graves) (oral argument), free exercise, mootness On receiving an answer of “no” from the Texas Supreme Court on the certified question of whether Texas’s Code of Judicial Conduct prohibited judges from publicly refusing to perform same-sex weddings while continuing to perform opposite-sex weddings, holding that the suit was … More February 24, 2026, opinions

February 16, 2026, opinions

February 18, 2026

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Richman, Southwick, Willett) (no oral argument), Federal Tort Claims Act, service of process Affirming dismissal of FTCA claim for lack of sufficient service of process. per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham) (no oral argument), criminal, sentencing Affirming conviction and sentence for illegal reentry. per curiam (Smith, Haynes, Oldham) (no oral argument), § … More February 16, 2026, opinions

December 9, 2025, opinions

December 12, 2025

Designated for publication Jones, J. (Jones, Stewart, Ramirez) (oral argument), Medicaid Vacating summary judgment for plaintiff hospitals in challenge to Department of Health and Human Services regulation “that penalizes hospitals in states that have pursued alternatives to Medicaid expansion,” and remanding for further proceedings. A group of Texas hospitals challenged a 2023 regulation issued by … More December 9, 2025, opinions

July 2, 2025, opinions

July 7, 2025

Designated for publication Graves, J. (Smith, Graves, Duncan), trademark infringement, Lanham Act Affirming summary judgment in defendants’ favor on Lanham Act trademark infringement claims. This case stems from a dispute among members of the 1990s R&B group Jade. Di Reed sued her former bandmates Joi Marshall and Tonya Harris, along with a new singer, Myracle … More July 2, 2025, opinions

January 26, 2024, opinions

January 29, 2024

Designated for publication Douglas, J. (King, Willett, Douglas), Lanham Act, trademark infringement The Court affirmed a finding of infringement of Rolex’s trademarks by an aftermarket modifier of vintage Rolex watches. The Court found that the defendant’s aftermarket modifications were so extensive that it would be a “misnomer” to attach the Rolex marks, and that it … More January 26, 2024, opinions

August 10. 2021 opinions

August 11, 2021

Designated for publication U.S. v. Butler, 19-40095, appeal from E.D. Tex. Smith, J. (Owen, Smith, Graves), criminal, sentencing Affirming imposition of special conditions of release and temporary denial of federal benefits as part of sentence on guilty plea to conspiracy to possess methamphetamine. Defendant entered into a guilty plea agreement that indicated a sentence of … More August 10. 2021 opinions

July 13, 2021 opinions

July 14, 2021

Designated for publication U.S. v. Gaspar-Felipe, 19-50997, appeal from W.D. Tex. Duncan, J. (Jones, Costa, Duncan), criminal, sentencing, Confrontation Clause, sufficiency of evidence Affirming convictions and 78-month sentence for defendant’s role in an alien smuggling operations in which the person being smuggled died. The Court held that there was no Confrontation Clause violation in the … More July 13, 2021 opinions

Take the Fifth: May 19, 2021 opinions

May 20, 2021

Designated for publication U.S. v. Morton, 19-10842, appeal from N.D. Tex. per curiam (Owen, Jones, Smith, Stewart, Dennis, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Costa, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson); criminal, search and seizure Vacating January 5, 2021 opinion that vacated sentence of conviction on child pornography charges and reversed district court’s denial of motion … More Take the Fifth: May 19, 2021 opinions

Take the Fifth: Feb. 26, 2021 opinions

March 1, 2021

Designated for publication Wickfire, LLC v. Woodruff, 17-50340, appeal from W.D. Tex. Owen, C.J. (Owen, Dennis, Southwick), sufficiency of evidence, jurisdiction, Lanham Act, tortious interference, civil conspiracy Affirming in part and reversing in part district court judgment based on jury verdict on cross-claims between two internet advertising ventures arising from auctions for Google ad placement … More Take the Fifth: Feb. 26, 2021 opinions