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9 Sep 2015, 7:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A joint investigation by the Austin Statesman and the Texas Tribune exposed a pay-to-prosecute arrangement between the Travis County DA and a private insurance company. [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 12:24 pm
"Court ends attempt to void early gay marriage in Travis County": Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, "The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempt to void the marriage of two Austin women who, thanks to an order from a district judge, tied the knot four months before same-sex marriage became the law of the land last June. [read post]
5 Dec 2015, 5:37 am by Mark S. Humphreys
The arrangement under which Travis County prosecutors investigate Texas Mutual fraud cases has been in place since at least 2000. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 1:52 pm by Walter James
 Under a specific statutory provision, Hunt County filed the lawsuit in Austin, Texas, Travis County (not Hunt County). [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 4:28 am
An Austin Statesman report about Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg's decision to seek the death penalty in the sexual assault and murder of an LBJ High School student included this analysis of the Travis DA's track record on capital cases over the last ten years: Prosecutors in Travis County have announced their intent to seek the death penalty 15 times in the past decade. [read post]
21 May 2006, 3:35 am
[JURIST] Travis County Prosecutor Ronnie Earle [official profile] has filed an appeal in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals [official website], the highest criminal court in the state, requesting that conspiracy charges [JURIST document] against US Rep. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 8:17 am
9-24-2009 Texas:On February 6, 2009, Travis County District Judge Charlie Baird did what no other Texas judge had done before - he exonerated a dead man. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
Today, a Travis County district judge ordered the county clerk to stop relying upon unconstitutional Texas laws to refuse a marriage license to a lesbian couple. [read post]
13 May 2010, 1:28 pm by Dane Johnson
According to the Austin American Statesman, the Travis County (Texas' capital county), Commissioner's Court approved a plan that would allow the city of Austin and Travis County to share the cost of employing a phlebotomist at the county jail to draw blood from those suspected of DWI. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 9:11 am
Six were attorneys, including William Travis (Travis County is the seat of our state government in Austin). [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 7:22 am by Keegan Boyle
Judge Tim Sulak, a Travis County District Court judge in Texas, ruled Wednesday that Texas voters could mail in their votes during the COVID-19 outbreak. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 5:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At the Austin Statesman, Chuck Lindell recorded part of the exchange:the judge turned to Travis County officials in his downtown Austin courtroom. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 6:33 am by Patricia McConnico
Travis County District Clerk Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza gratefully accepted a grant award from the Texas Bar Historical Foundation on Aug. 13, 2013. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 3:21 pm by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
“Plaintiffs are victims of the Kafkaesque bureaucracy that is the state of Texas food stamp program,” lawyer Robert Doggett of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid said in a new filing in state district court in Travis County. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 9:23 pm by Erik E. Cary
The Austin / Travis County Courts have not yet required the course. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 10:25 am by Taylor Brailey
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Texas [official website] on Thursday granted an emergency stay [order, text] of two trial court decisions [JURIST report] in Travis County, which held that an amendment to Texas's constitution banning same-sex marriage violates the equal protection and due process [Cornell LLI backgrounders] clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [read post]
19 Apr 2013, 3:22 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Sturns found probable cause to believe that Anderson broke two state laws and committed criminal contempt of court, then ordered Anderson to be arrested.Re: Travis DA Rosemary Lehmberg, sentenced to 45 days in jail for DWI:Attorney David Sheppard, representing Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg at her plea hearing, said Lehmberg's punishment is “without a doubt” the “harshest” sentence for a first-time drunken driving charge in… [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 10:49 am
It was the second Texas arrest this year for Travis, who was cited in February for public intoxication. [read post]
14 Mar 2006, 2:37 am
[JURIST] The Texas Third Court of Appeals [official website] Monday threw out more than 30 subpoenas issued by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle [official website], who is investigating the political fundraising activities of former US House Majority Leader Rep. [read post]