November 14, 2022, opinions

Designated for publication Elrod, J. (Dennis, Elrod, Duncan), Title IX Affirming summary judgment dismissal of deliberate indifference claims against school district as to risk of 14-year-old plaintiff’s violent sexual assault in high school stairwell (requiring multiple surgeries to remedy), but reversing summary judgment dismissal of claims of deliberate indifference to totality of harassment, which included … More November 14, 2022, opinions

September 16-19, 2022, opinions

Designated for publication Elrod, J. (Stewart, Clement, Elrod), subpoenas, sovereign immunity Reversing partial denial of motions to quash subpoenas duces tecum that had been served on county district judges to determine their role in creating and enforcing Harris County’s bail schedule, which was the subject of plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to the county’s felony-bail system. The … More September 16-19, 2022, opinions

June 30, 2022, opinions

Designated for publication South Central Houston Action Council v. Oak Baptist Church, 21-20559, appeal from S.D. Tex. Jones, J. (Jones, Elrod, Higginson), bankruptcy, magistrate jurisdiction Vacating affirmance of summary judgment entered by bankruptcy court, where on appeal to district court the district court had referred the bankruptcy appeal to a magistrate with the parties’ consent. … More June 30, 2022, opinions

December 10-14, 2021, opinions

Designated for publication Cochran v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 19-10396, appeal from N.D. Tex. Haynes, J. (Owen, Jones, Smith, Stewart, Dennis, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Costa, Willett, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson), joined by Jones, Smith, Elrod, Willett, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, JJ. (Willett, J., concurring in judgment only); Oldham, J., concurring, joined by … More December 10-14, 2021, opinions