January 01, 2025
The new year could see Texas courts delivering decisions on several prominent cases, including gun rights and an alleged conspiracy to get advertisers to leave social platform X. Here's a look at the Texas cases Law360 will track closely in 2025.
April 12, 2024
The Biden administration urged a Texas federal court to toss the Lone Star State's lawsuit to maintain barbed wire fencing along the border with Mexico, saying the barrier prevents border agents from arresting individuals crossing unlawfully and providing emergency aid to migrants in distress.
December 01, 2023
Texas has launched a new bid to block federal agents from removing razor wire on the U.S.-Mexico border as the state appeals a Texas federal judge's order denying a preliminary injunction on disturbing the fencing while a lawsuit against the Biden administration plays out.
November 30, 2023
A Texas federal judge refused to bar the Biden administration from taking down the razor wire installed by state police at the border, saying the state couldn't obtain such an order against the federal government based on state trespass claims.
October 30, 2023
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration Monday from removing razor wire Texas placed along the banks of the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings, saying the state will likely prevail in its challenge to the practice.
October 27, 2023
Texas urged a federal judge on Friday to order U.S. Customs and Border officials to immediately cease cutting razor wire placed along the Rio Grande banks to stop migrant crossings, saying the activity has only increased since the Lone Star state sued federal officials.
October 24, 2023
Texas sued the Biden administration Tuesday, accusing the federal government of exceeding its authority by cutting razor wire the state has placed along the banks of the Rio Grande to keep migrants from crossing the border.