Bay Area Unitarian v. Ogg: Date Argued: January 23rd, 2026 Docket Number: 23-20165

Case Summary:Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church and two Houston coffee businesses, Antidote Coffee and Perk You Later, brought a First Amendment challenge to Texas gun‑trespass signage laws, arguing that the statutes force them to post large, highly specific handgun‑exclusion signs if they want to keep all guns off their private property, while only minimal signage is required to exclude other items or people. In the Southern District of Texas, they sued Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg and several local law‑enforcement officials for declaratory and injunctive relief, and during the case the court granted Rule 12(c) and Rule 12(b)(1) motions by the defendants, dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims without prejudice for lack of Article III standing, and denied the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend their complaint as futile before final judgment was entered and the case went up on appeal to the Fifth Circuit under docket number 23‑20165.