December 22, 2022
Texas courts made their mark in a series of high-profile cases in 2022, including issuing rulings that guided insurance coverage of pandemic-related losses, determining whether out-of-state natural gas projects were subject to Lone Star State payment rules, and handing a win to the governor on mask mandates.
July 25, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott can keep his ban on school mask mandates, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, saying the group of medically vulnerable students hasn't shown that their increased risk of contracting COVID-19 in school without mask mandates is an injury the court can address.
May 13, 2022
Texas established itself as a consistent adversary of the federal government's control over public health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic and flexed its muscles on the homefront by actively fighting local government measures it said were overreaches. With the country hitting a somber milestone of 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Law360 looks back at Texas' multifaceted public health litigation.
February 02, 2022
A panel of Fifth Circuit judges was told during oral arguments Wednesday that a group of medically vulnerable Texas children who secured a permanent injunction against the governor's ban on school mask mandates lack standing and should have their lawsuit dismissed and the injunction undone.
November 24, 2021
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday sided with Texas, agreeing to temporarily halt a district judge's permanent injunction in favor of a group of medically vulnerable children who argued the governor's executive order prohibiting mask mandates statewide violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.