Court Updates

The following is a summary of selected criminal opinions issued by the Third Court of Appeals from January 2025. The summary is an overview; please review the entire opinions. The subsequent history is current as of June 5, 2025.

The following is a summary of selected opinions issued by the Texas Supreme Court in May 2025. This summary is prepared by court staff as a courtesy. It is not a substitute for the actual opinion. The summary is an overview; please review the entire opinion.

Below are the May jury trial verdicts for the Travis County Courts.

This month, the Federal Civil Update covers United States Trinity Energy Services, L.L.C. v. Southeast Directional Drilling, L.L.C., Way v. City of Missouri City, and Villarreal v. City of Laredo.

This month the Third Court of Appeals Civil Update covers In re Bradfield Heiser, In re Andrews, Stone v. Stone, and B.C. v. Tex. Dep’t of Fam. & Prot. Servs.

This month the Third Court of Appeals Criminal Update covers Caballero v. State and Ramirez-Torres v. State.

This month the Texas Supreme Court Update covers Ferchichi v. Whataburger Rests. LLC and Haven at Thorpe Lane, PLLC v. Pate.

Here are the April jury trial verdicts in Travis County civil and criminal court cases.

The following are summaries of selected opinions issued by the Texas Supreme Court in March and April 2025. These summaries are prepared by court staff as a courtesy. They are not a substitute for the actual opinions. The summaries are overviews; please review the entire opinions.

The following are summaries of selected civil opinions issued by the Third Court of Appeals during March 2025. The summaries are an overview; please review the entire opinion. Subsequent histories are current as of April 9, 2025.