Tag: voting rights

January 20, 2026, opinions

January 21, 2026

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham) (no oral argument), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Higginbotham, Engelhardt, Ramirez) (no oral argument), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Stewart, Willett, Wilson) (no oral argument), mandamus, voting rights Denying petition for mandamus to compel district court … More January 20, 2026, opinions

July 18, 2024, opinions

July 19, 2024

Designated for publication Jones, J. (joined by Richman, C.J., and Smith, Elrod, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, JJ., with Haynes and Ramirez, JJ., concurring in judgment only); Dennis, J., dissenting (joined by King, Stewart, Graves, Higginson, Douglas, JJ.); voting rights, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection, standing, sovereign immunity On en banc rehearing of Aug. 4, … More July 18, 2024, opinions

December 15, 2023, opinions

December 18, 2023

Designated for publication Southwick, J. (Barksdale, Southwick, Higginson), Higginson, J., dissenting; voting rights, election law, standing Reversing summary judgment in favor of voter advocacy organization, and rendering judgment in favor of Texas officials (actively defended by intervenor attorney general) rejecting organization’s challenge to Texas’s original “wet” signature requirement as a violation of the Civil Rights … More December 15, 2023, opinions

December 11, 2023, opinions

December 12, 2023

Designated for publication Oldham, J. (Jolly, Engelhardt, Oldham), jurisdiction, voting rights Vacating district court’s declaratory judgment regarding the unconstitutionality of Houston’s voter-registration provisions, and remanding to the district court with instructions to dismiss without prejudice due to the lack of an Article III case or controversy. The Court noted that the parties were in agreement … More December 11, 2023, opinions

December 7, 2023, opinions

December 8, 2023

Designated for publication per curiam (Richman, Jones, Smith, Barksdale, Elrod, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, JJ., voting for stay; Stewart, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Douglas, JJ., voting against stay); Oldham, J., concurring (joined by Jones, Smith, Barksdale, Elrod, Willett, Duncan, Engelhardt, Wilson, JJ.); Richman, C.J., concurring; Ho, J., concurring (joined by Elrod, J.); Higginson, … More December 7, 2023, opinions

September 28-29, 2023, opinions

October 2, 2023

Designated for publication per curiam (en banc court), voting rights, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection, standing, sovereign immunity, Ex parte Young Granting en banc rehearing, and vacating August 4, 2023, panel opinion that reversed in part and affirmed in part district court’s dismissal of constitutional challenge to Mississippi’s permanent disenfranchisement of certain felons. Duncan, J. (Duncan, … More September 28-29, 2023, opinions

August 4, 2023, opinions

August 7, 2023

Designated for publication Dennis, J. (King, Jones, Dennis), Jones, J., dissenting, voting rights, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection, standing, sovereign immunity, Ex parte Young Reversing district court’s dismissal of plaintiff class’s Eighth Amendment challenge to Mississippi constitution’s permanent disenfranchisement of certain felons; affirming dismissal of plaintiff class’s Equal Protection claim against the Mississippi Secretary of State … More August 4, 2023, opinions

June 7-12, 2022, opinions

June 14, 2022

(Still in catch-up mode here, so the opinions designated for publication will get the same brief treatment as the unpublished opinions …) Designated for publication Crittindon v. LeBlanc, 20-30304, appeal from M.D. La. Higginbotham, J. (Higginbotham, Costa, Oldham), Oldham, J., dissenting; qualified immunity Affirming in part and reversing in part denial of qualified immunity for … More June 7-12, 2022, opinions

Take the Fifth: Feb. 23, 2021 opinions

February 24, 2021

Designated for publication U.S. v. Dejean, 19-30865, appeal from E.D. La. Duncan, J. (Clement, Ho, Duncan), criminal, juror bias Affirming jury-trial conviction of defendant for mail fraud and making false statements to a bank; rejecting defendant’s argument that district court erred in seating a juror who allegedly was biased against gamblers, where defendant used the … More Take the Fifth: Feb. 23, 2021 opinions