Texas Supreme Courtjurisprudential policycommon law as public policyThe Texas Supreme Court recently held that a claim of civil conspiracy is a derivative tort that shares the statute of limitations of the underlying tort. AgarSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
1996) held that a program at the University of Texas School of Law granting preferences to minorities in admissions decisions was unconstitutional. This case stirred a national debate, and several commentators noted that the percentage of minorities who were admitted to the school dropped markedly aft...
Johnson, who writes extensively on Fiduciary law in Texas, is also Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law, Civil Trial Law, and Personal Injury Trial Law. He will serve a three-year term on the TLBS beginning July of 2020. Law Firm Contributions to Social Justice Law firms have responded ...
TEXAS SUPREME COURT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Clarifies that the latest order is for statute-of-limitations deadlines All service and statute-of-limitations deadlines have been delayed in civil cases from March 13 until June 1 unless the chief justice extends it, under a Texas Supreme Courtorder issued We...
Statute of LimitationsThe Texas Legislature has set clear deadlines for filing civil injury lawsuits. These are called “statutes of limitations.” If the claim is filed past this deadline, then it will be dismissed by the judge. It will not matter how unjust that might be – the deadline ...
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A prominent judge in Houston, Texas, was pulled over on suspicion of DUI back in April. She wasallowed to leavewith only a warning, even though the officers believed she had been drinking and observed her driving on the wrong side of the road and speeding. Also, there was no footage of...
The Supreme Court further defined free speech: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable” (Texas v. Johnson). This language ...
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Refiling in State Court — Statute of Limitations Tolling 244 Problem 245 Section B. Federal Question Jurisdiction 245 1. The Scope of the Constitutional Grant 246 2. The Scope of the Statutory Grant 248 (a) Cases in Which Federal Law Creates the Plaintiff 's Claim for Relief 248 (b) ...