June 29, 2016
A Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday that landowners can pursue arguments the federal government has unreasonably seized about 90,000 acres of private property along the Red River, although he did cut two of their eight claims.
March 30, 2016
Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn were among 19 legislators who filed an amicus brief in support of landowners who claim the federal government is unlawfully attempting to claim land along the Red River that belongs to them.
March 14, 2016
A federal judge on Monday allowed the state of Texas to intervene in a landowner suit accusing the Bureau of Land Management of unlawfully seizing thousands of acres of private property along the Red River, finding the state has sufficient standing in order to define its own boundaries for taxation and legal purposes.
December 01, 2015
Accusing the federal government of an "unconstitutional and arbitrary" land grab of acres of property along the Red River it says belongs to the state, Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush joined a half-dozen landowners Tuesday in a suit against the Bureau of Land Management.
November 18, 2015
Texas asked to intervene Wednesday in a federal suit filed by a group of Texas counties and landowners accusing the Bureau of Land Management of unlawfully seizing thousands of acres of private property along the Red River, saying it wants to establish recognition of state boundaries and prevent unlawful federal encroachment.
November 17, 2015
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday was hit with a federal suit in Texas by seven landowners, three county governments and one county sheriff claiming that the federal government has unlawfully seized thousands of acres of private property along the Red River.