Texas Supreme Court

RJR Vapor told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday that while its nicotine pouches and lozenges are derived from tobacco, they're not tobacco products and shouldn't be taxed as such. The state comptroller says that rationale would make the products more accessible to minors and cost Texas millions in tax revenue.

The attorney general's office is challenging the validity of a district judge's order that limits how much information PFLAG, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, has to hand over about Texas families seeking gender-affirming care for children.

Texas could be the first of several states to stop using the ABA for accreditation.

The Texas Medical Board took issue with a former South Texas congressional candidate calling himself a doctor. He says he never claimed to practice medicine, and the board is infringing on his political speech.

The high court's refusal Friday to take up the city of Dallas' appeal leaves a lower court's ruling in place — a Dallas poker house can continue operating.

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants them to reconsider.

The higher court's ruling comes as part of the church’s lawsuit against SMU, which has challenged the authority UMC has over the university.

Individuals and businesses who sued Texas utility companies for cutting power during the deadly 2021 winter storm didn't adequately prove the companies' negligence, the court ruled Friday, but one of their claims can still move forward.

The high court ruled a federal labor relations law does not stop the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association from accusing Boeing of misrepresenting the safety of the 737 MAX model. After the model was involved in two deadly plane crashes, pilots with the Dallas-based airline said Boeing misled them into agreeing to fly the planes.

Justices say a court may terminate a Houston-area father's parental rights because his "extensive" criminal history and time in prison has endangered his son's life, even if it didn't directly harm the boy.

A former SMU law professor alleges that defamation and discrimination played a part in her denied application for tenure at the university's law school.

The family of a late DPD officer and an injured officer in 2019 sued an off-duty officer, the security company that employed him and Home Depot. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday to dismiss the suit.