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Tuesday, January 10, 2012  The federal appeals court in New Orleans says Texas can enforce an abortion law passed last year while opponents challenge it in court.

Friday, June 03, 2011  Texas and the valedictorian of a San Antonio-area school have gone to court to allow prayer at Saturday's graduation ceremony despite an agnostic couple's opposition.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010  Two white students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  Texas has filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to not approve the state's permitting process for refineries.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  President Barack Obama has nominated Mississippi Supreme Court Justice James Graves Jr., to a federal appeals post.

Monday, April 26, 2010  The former director of the science program for Texas' public schools asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive a lawsuit over her firing for forwarding an e-mail about a forum opposed to teaching creationism.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010  An appeals court has overturned a 2008 ruling that said Texas failed to properly educate middle and high school students with limited English.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010  A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused the case of a former Army recruiter on Texas death row for the slaying of a Sudanese woman in Fort Worth eight years ago.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  A federal appeals court has refused an appeal from a Houston man sent to death row for the shooting death of his 19-month-old son.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010  A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that a mentally impaired man convicted of murdering a woman on her way to work can be put to death.

Monday, February 22, 2010  The Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court decision that gave a new trial to a man convicted of killing a police officer in Texas.

Friday, February 19, 2010  A federal appeals court says Louisiana must put the names of both fathers on the birth certificate of a boy adopted by a same-sex couple.