Designated for publication per curiam (en banc), First Amendment, en banc Ordering en banc hearing in the first instance, and consolidating for purposes of argument only, of two district court injunction decisions regarding the Texas A&M system’s dragshows policy–one from the Northern District of Texas (Spectrum WT) denying a preliminary injunction against a university ban … More June 22, 2026, opinions
Designated for publication Hendrix, J. (Jones, Oldham, Hendrix, by designation), takings, trespass Affirming district court’s judgment that property owner was not entitled as part of just compensation for land taken by government for border wall the value of the portion of the wall built outside the easement previously obtained by the government. Mary Bennett owns … More July 24, 2025, opinions
Designated for publication Duncan, J. (Willett, Duncan, Ramirez), Ramirez, J., dissenting; sovereign immunity, Administrative Procedure Act, intergovernmental immunity, Immigration and Nationality Act, trespass Reversing district court’s denial of preliminary injunction, and granting injunction to enjoin Border Patrol “from damaging, destroying, or otherwise interfering with Texas’s [concertina]-wire fence in the vicinity of Eagle Pass, Texas, as … More November 27, 2024, opinions
Designated for publication Oldham, J. (Dennis, Engelhardt, Oldham), criminal, sentencing Vacating sentence–120-month sentences on each of three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, to run consecutively “[o]nly to the extent it produces a total aggregate of 188 months”–as impermissibly vague, and remanding for resentencing. The Court held that the district court did … More August 7, 2023, opinions
Designated for publication U.S. v. Gomez, 17-20526, appeal from S.D. Tex. per curiam (Smith, Elrod, Oldham), criminal, sentencing On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, remanding to the district court to reform the judgment to impose sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) (applicable to predicate non-aggravated felonies) rather than under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) (applicable … More January 17-18, 2022, opinions
