Lawsuits

Texas Attorney General Paxton claims the East Plano Islamic Center violated state security laws over its proposed project The Meadow, formally known as EPIC City.

The wave of legal challenges is in response to the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement and its new policy expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants.

Caleb Elliot, 26, was federally indicted last month on eight counts of production and attempted production of child pornography.

A Dallas County judge ruled last week the defamation lawsuit from Cindy Clemishire could continue after Gateway and its elders asked to be dismissed from the suit.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the suit in the federal Western District Thursday.

A Dallas County judge on Tuesday denied efforts by Gateway Church and church elders to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds that it centers a religious issue that secular courts shouldn't be involved in.

Micheale Clark is the fourth teacher from Celina Independent School District to be arrested in the past month. Others have been placed on leave.

The high court revived a three-time South Texas Republican congressional candidate's claims that the state's medical board unfairly disciplined him for calling himself a doctor on the campaign trail. He went to medical school but isn't a licensed physician.

A Dallas judge will decide whether her court has jurisdiction over Cindy Clemishire's lawsuit against Gateway Church and Robert Morris, the former pastor who's been convicted of sexually abusing her as a child. The Southlake megachurch argues the case deals with religious matters over which a secular civil court has no authority.

An Austin-based conservative public policy nonprofit sued on behalf of three Dallas residents, alleging the city has overstepped its authority with dozens of local ordinances that are burdening taxpayers.

Robert Morris is currently serving six months at a Oklahoma jail for sexually abusing Cindy Clemishire when she was 12 years old. She's also suing Morris, his wife and Gateway Church elders for defamation and covering up the abuse.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Dr. May Lau last year, alleging she provided gender-affirming care to minors in violation of state law. She was one of three doctors sued after Senate Bill 14 went into effect.