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How the Sixth Court of Appeals repeatedly rejected David Alarid’s attempts to challenge his threatened imprisonment without deciding whether it was lawful. October 18, 2026 | Lone Star Law Review Article I, Section 18…
Lone Star Law Review examined the unusually strong record governmental defendants have compiled before the Sixth Court of Appeals when they ask the court to end lawsuits on jurisdictional grounds. One of those cases…
A review of the current Texarkana court’s plea to the jurisdiction cases finds government winning outright 11 times out of 13. Cities are 6–0. And every such opinion written by Chief Justice Scott Stevens…