U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's rejection of some e-cigarettes. High schoolers are at the center of the case.

The argument on whether short-term rentals can continue to operate in Dallas came up in the Dallas Fifth Court of Appeals. STR owners argued the legality of the two regulations the city passed.

A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision to remove U.S. District Judge Janis Jack from a lawsuit over Texas' struggling foster care system.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling late Friday says U.S. District Judge Janis Jack's contempt ruling and $100,000 per day fine violates the constitutional limits of the power of the court over individual states. The appeals court also said Jack had disrespected the state and its attorneys and created an appearance of being unfair to the state.

A 13-year fight between a judge and Texas over how the state runs its foster care system is back in court on Monday. Texas wants the judge off the case and her stiff fines canceled. The case is also part of a nationwide push back on judges who force states to take specific actions — decisions that, conservatives say, are 'corrosive to federalism.'

After Texas deployed the barrier, a panel ordered it removed. The full appeals court says it can stay while a lower court hears a case on the merits.

A state law passed last year requires pornographic websites to adopt age-verification measures, leading sites like Pornhub to block user access in Texas.

A new court decision shows a federal indictment is likely coming, and soon, an expert said.

Texas Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, made the request to Attorney General Ken Paxton after the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of H.B. 900, which would require booksellers to rate books sold to schools.

A former SMU grad student sued the school on behalf of all students who paid tuition for the spring 2020 semester, only for COVID to force schools to move classes online.

House Bill 900 requires books sold in the state be rated for sexual content by the book seller, similar to how Hollywood rates movies.

The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.