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  • April 12, 2007 | Legal Times

    High Court May Consider IBM Worker's Claim of Race-Based Retaliation

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all non-pauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. The Supreme Court's jurisdiction is almost entirely discretionar

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  • The City of Round Rock v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-05
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Paul W. Green Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 10-0666

    Argued December 8, 2011JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CE JOHNSON, CE WILLETT, CE GUZMAN, CE BOYD, and CE DEVINE joined.CHIEF

  • Lovill v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-22
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 13
    Judge: Gina M. Benavides, Justice
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    Case Number: NUMBERS 13-07-00529-CR & 13-07-00668-CR

    OPINIONBefore Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and BenavidesThis case involves a claim of selective prosecution based on gender. Appellant, Amber Lovill, argues that the Nueces County Dis

  • July 30, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Every Pay Raise Has Its Price

    I should have hit the pause button on my video recorder, but the principal's words came out too quickly for me to react. She thanked all the parents who had made the kindergarten graduation ce

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  • April 4, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Actual-Innocence Policy, Non-DNA Innocence Claims

    The 212 people exonerated by DNA evidence since 1989 have raised significant awareness about the criminal justice system's failure to protect the innocent from wrongful conviction and have led

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  • Hawes v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Michael H. Schneider Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 01-00-00601-CR

    OPINIONA jury found appellant guilty of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The court sentenced him to 180 days in county jail, probated for 18 months. During the trial, the court denied appella

  • October 2, 2007 | Legal Times

    As the new term opens, some cases may stall high court's rightward drift

    ALL THAT'S MISSING now is an abortion case. After bulking up the Supreme Court's docket Sept. 25 with 17 additional cases, the justices headed into their new term Monday facing a full

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  • Riddle v. Cockrell

    Publication Date: 2002-04-17
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    Date Filed: 2002-04-15
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Carl E. Stewart, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-10813

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasGranville Riddle ("Riddle") appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuan

  • Segundo v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-11
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-10
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
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    Case Number: AP-75,604

    Cochran, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court on Appellant's Motion for Rehearing.OPINION ON REHEARINGIn December 2006, a jury convicted appellant of capital murder, and the trial co

  • Ex parte Kerr

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Date Filed: 2002-01-02
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
    Judge: Cochran, J.
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    Case Number: 35,065-04

    ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FROM BEXAR COUNTYCochran, J., delivered the order of the Court, joined by Meyers, Price, Womack, and Holcomb., JJ. Johnson, J., filed a concurring opinion