/tags/texas-supreme-court Texas Supreme Court en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:30:43 GMT /crime-justice/2025-06-27/texas-supreme-court-partly-sides-with-utility-companies-in-lawsuits-over-2021-winter-storm Plaintiffs who sued Texas utility companies for cutting power during the deadly storm didn't adequately prove the companies were intentionally negligent or worsened the crisis, the court ruled Friday. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:30:43 GMT /crime-justice/2025-06-27/texas-supreme-court-partly-sides-with-utility-companies-in-lawsuits-over-2021-winter-storm Toluwani Osibamowo /crime-justice/2025-01-23/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-wins-2020-state-bar-election-lawsuit Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:57:03 GMT /crime-justice/2025-01-23/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-wins-2020-state-bar-election-lawsuit Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-12-31/texas-supreme-court-ken-paxton-brent-webster-election-trump-2020 The Texas Supreme Court sided with First Deputy Attorney General Brent Webster in a legal ethics case that foreshadows a similar win for Paxton. Tue, 31 Dec 2024 18:02:25 GMT /news/2024-12-31/texas-supreme-court-ken-paxton-brent-webster-election-trump-2020 Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2024-11-15/robert-robersons-execution-cant-be-stopped-by-texas-house-subpoena-state-supreme-court-rules The Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence summoned Roberson to testify about his case, which successfully stayed his October execution with help from the Texas Supreme Court. But the high court says the House overstepped it's authority. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:43:56 GMT /crime-justice/2024-11-15/robert-robersons-execution-cant-be-stopped-by-texas-house-subpoena-state-supreme-court-rules Toluwani Osibamowo /crime-justice/2024-10-18/texas-supreme-court-blocks-robert-robersons-execution An unusual legal move has bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed Thursday evening. Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:27:16 GMT /crime-justice/2024-10-18/texas-supreme-court-blocks-robert-robersons-execution David Martin Davies, Dan Katz /politics/2024-06-28/texas-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-transition-related-care-for-minors Parents and medical providers of transgender adolescents sued Texas, challenging the constitutionality of a restriction on puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:04:32 GMT /politics/2024-06-28/texas-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-transition-related-care-for-minors William Melhado, Asad Jung /2024-06-04/paxton-asks-texas-supreme-court-to-toss-state-bar-sanctions-over-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election The State Bar of Texas sued to punish the Texas Attorney General two years ago over false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:38:03 GMT /2024-06-04/paxton-asks-texas-supreme-court-to-toss-state-bar-sanctions-over-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election Toluwani Osibamowo /health/2024-05-31/texas-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-abortion-laws The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough. Fri, 31 May 2024 14:45:17 GMT /health/2024-05-31/texas-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-abortion-laws Eleanor Klibanoff /politics/2024-01-30/texas-supreme-court-blocks-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-deposition-in-whistleblower-case Earlier this month, Paxton announced his team was not going to continue contesting the lawsuit filed by four former top deputies who were fired after reporting him to the FBI for alleged corruption and misuse of public office. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:23:09 GMT /politics/2024-01-30/texas-supreme-court-blocks-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-deposition-in-whistleblower-case Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /energy-environment/2024-01-30/texas-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-the-high-price-of-electricity-during-the-2021-blackouts In oral arguments on Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court was asked not to decide whether regulators made the right call, but whether they acted within their authority when they set energy prices to the max. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:13:37 GMT /energy-environment/2024-01-30/texas-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-the-high-price-of-electricity-during-the-2021-blackouts Mose Buchele