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The article informs that Michael Nelson of Watch House International has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging he was terminated by his Watch House International LLC in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Chapter 21 of Texas Labor Code. It mentions Nelson filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and Watch House moved to compel arbitration. It also mentions ruling of the Texas Supreme Court in a case related to In re Halliburton Co.

The first legal determination of wrongful execution in the United States may very well be in the making in Texas. One of the state's district courts is in the midst of investigating whether Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004, was actually innocent. The court's investigation has been interrupted by objections from Texas prosecutors, but if the court proceeds, this may very well become a bona fide case of wrongful execution. Texas, just like other jurisdictions, is ill equipped to provide any relief for such an egregious wrong, however. This Article identifies the difficulties that the heirs, families, and friends of wrongfully executed individ-uals face in attempting to obtain compensation for this xurong. The Article highlights that statutory compensation schemes overlook the issue of wrongful exe-cution and the greater injustice it entails and urges that the statutes be amended in light of this grievous wrong that has come to the fore of American criminal jus-tice systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a court case wherein the Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One (NAMUD) in Texas filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking bail out from the reauthorized Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The Court rejected NAMUD's request for bailout because it was not a political subdivision eligible to request bail out based on the 1982 amendments. A three-judge panel of the Court upheld the new Section 5.

Cross Match Technologies has announced it filed a lawsuit against Suprema and Mentalix on 10 February 2010 in the U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article reports that Christina Comer, former science director of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has filed a lawsuit on the company. Comer claims that TEA has violated the separation of church and sate by adopting a neutral position on creationism. She filed the suit on July 1, 2008 in the U.S. District court in Austin, Texas, arguing that TEA's policy of neutrality is not neutral at all because it has the purpose or effect of inviting dispute about an issue that is forbidden by the Establishment Clause.