The decision came at a time when the majority of judges around the country were ruling against the Trump administration’s ...

There is a glimmer of hope.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) violated AT&T's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and right to adjudication by ...

Some liberal members of the Fifth Circuit are pushing back against the court’s right-leaning wing’s criticism of district ...

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a challenge by retailers to the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of an application by R.J. Reynolds Vapor to market e-cigarettes can go forward in the U.S.

On January 16, 2026, in Sirius Solutions, L.L.L.P. v. Commissioner,[1] No. 24-60240 (5th Cir. Jan. 16, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the Tax Court and held that, for ...

Judge Leslie Southwick dissented, saying en banc rehearing would only delay a final resolution from the U.S. Supreme Court. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday said it ...

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. The judges must have had a round of hurricanes on Bourbon Street before they gave us this doozy. Because of so-called ...

The long-paused Texas “drag ban” is back on the calendar. On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected a petition for rehearing in The Woodlands Pride v. Paxton and wiped out ...

A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a Texas law banning paid ballot harvesting, reversing a lower court that had blocked the measure as unconstitutional and allowing the state to enforce the ...

In its 2-1 decision, the appeals court dismissed claims against Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson that sought to enjoin 23 of the law's provisions—but allowed other claims to continue. The appeals ...