February 18, 2026
A Texas federal judge has dismissed copyright infringement claims against a Texas A&M University athletics communications employee who was accused of posting part of a book online related to the school's "12th Man" tradition, saying he's immune from such claims as an employee of the state.
April 01, 2019
Texas A&M University largely escaped a suit alleging it published on its website part of a book about the school's beloved "12th Man" tradition, though a school communications employee must still face copyright infringement claims, a Texas federal court ruled Friday.
March 18, 2019
Texas A&M University has urged a Texas federal court to toss claims that the school's athletics department stole copyrighted material from the author of a book on the football team's "12th Man" tradition, saying the athletics department is part of the school and entitled to immunity.
January 17, 2018
An author accusing Texas A&M University and its athletic department of publishing a story he wrote on the origin of the school football team's famous "12th man" tradition without permission fired back at the school's bid to dodge the suit on Wednesday, arguing it can't avoid liability for infringing his copyright by arguing sovereign immunity.
October 24, 2017
A Texas federal judge ruled Monday that Texas A&M University's athletic department must release a set of documents it says absolves the department from an author's suit accusing it of publishing without permission a story he wrote on the origin of the football team's famous "12th man" tradition.
August 28, 2017
The Texas A&M University athletic department told a Texas federal court Friday that information sought by an author and publisher in a copyright lawsuit over the university's publication of a story about the origin of a football fan tradition is irrelevant to a dispute over the department's sovereign immunity.
May 18, 2017
Texas A&M University on Wednesday urged a Texas federal court to toss copyright claims over a story published on a school website on the origin of the "12th Man" football fan tradition, arguing that the plaintiffs cannot avoid the university's protection from suit as a state entity by going after the athletics department and its employees.