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April 28, 2008 |

The Texas 100

56 minute read
September 21, 2009 |

Pregnant Probationer Claims State's Punishment Just Does Not Fit

One of the most interesting cases coming up in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' 2009-2010 term involves alleged gender discrimination. A woman claims the state punished her more severely for using drugs while on probation than it does probationers who are not pregnant. On Oct. 21, the CCA will hear arguments in State v. Lovill.
4 minute read
April 21, 2003 |

Third Show-Cause Hearing Slated Over Return of Funds

A dispute over cash put up by a store sued by a woman who alleged she was injured when a glass shelf containing hundreds of pounds of crystal houseware collapsed and hit her could land a McAllen attorney in hot water with the Texas Supreme Court. William E. Corcoran has not complied with three orders from the Supreme Court to return approximately $86,000 that he contends is part of a settlement.
6 minute read
April 28, 2003 |

Inadmissible

6 minute read
August 09, 2000 |

5th Circuit Upholds Texas Separatists' Convictions

A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed the convictions of two Republic of Texas separatists on charges of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction. The court upheld 24-year prison sentences for Johnie Wise and Jack Abbott Grebe Jr., who allegedly threatened federal officials. FBI agents said they planned to shoot their targets with cactus thorns carrying deadly viruses.
3 minute read
April 14, 2003 |

Suit Seeks Required Disclosure of Legislative Continuances

Seeking to establish that legislative continuances are subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act, a public interest group filed suit on April 4 and asked a court to require freshman state Rep. Gabi Canales to release the information. Texans for Public Justice asked Canales, D-Alice, in a Feb. 11 letter to disclose information on the legislative continuances she obtained under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code �30.003.
5 minute read
July 14, 2003 |

Shoring Up Security

The threat of terrorism isn't limited to a bomb on a boat, as was the case in the attack against the U.S.S. Cole. A weapon of mass destruction could be smuggled into the country in a shipping container, and terrorists -- as members of a ship's crew or stowaways -- could smuggle weapons into the country.
6 minute read
March 06, 2000 |

Singapore Plaintiffs Prevail in 22-Year-Old Case

A wrongful-death suit that spent 22 years meandering up and down the Texas and U.S. court systems in Dickensian fashion finally ended with a $12.7 million verdict in Houston that could balloon to $35 million with interest. But the jury's decision is unlikely to mean an end to legal maneuverings in the suit, given that defendant Exxon is expected to appeal any judgment that finds it liable for the 1977 death of a Singapore shipworker.
8 minute read
January 26, 2004 |

VerdictSearch

Bride fired "too loud" band for ruining her wedding. Drilling company fired injured seaman to avoid payment of medical expenses. Cosmetic tattooing of lips resulted in transmission of hepatitis C.
3 minute read
July 19, 2012 |

Judge excludes expert testimony on patent royalties, finding it unreasonable

A Texas federal judge has excluded the royalty testimony of a patent plaintiff's damages expert, finding that the expert's analysis assumed that two defendants would have agreed to unreasonable royalties.
4 minute read

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