State of Texas et al v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives et al

2:24-cv-00089

August 26, 2024
Texas Cases To Watch In Last Half Of 2024

Courts across the state are poised to make decisions in several high-stakes cases over the next several months, including ruling on whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be deposed in a long-running employment retaliation suit and whether a challenge to Texas' floating Rio Grande barrier must be tried before a jury.
June 12, 2024
Judge Says Biden Admin Must Allow Show Loophole, For Now

A Texas federal judge has ordered the Biden administration to stop enforcing a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rule that seeks to close what is known as the gun show loophole by requiring many private sellers to register as dealers and perform background checks before transacting gun sales.
June 10, 2024
ATF Says States Lack Standing In Suit Over Gun Show Rule

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told a federal judge in Texas that a coalition of Republican-led attorney generals could not prove how a rule closing the so-called gun show loophole harmed the states.
May 02, 2024
Biden Admin Must Reopen Gun Show Loophole, Texas Says

Texas and several other Republican-led states sued the Biden administration to reopen the so-called gun show loophole, asking the courts to stop the ATF from enforcing a new rule that makes many more firearm sellers register federally and perform background checks when selling a gun.