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Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, 597 U.S. 580 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and state sovereign immunity. In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2022, the Court ruled that state sovereign immunity does not prevent states from ...
Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court determined that the defendant's arrest in El Paso, Texas, for a refusal to identify himself, after being seen and questioned in a high crime area, was not based on a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing and thus violated the Fourth Amendment.
"Texas Politics - Cruel and Unusual Punishment -- Ruiz v. Estelle (1980)". www.laits.utexas.edu "Texas Department of Criminal Justice: An Inventory of Ruiz Litigation Administrative Files and Court Records at the Texas State Archives, 1966, 1978-1987, undated (bulk 1981-1983)". www.lib.utexas.edu
In light of the corruption scandal, Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman dropped about 200 cases generated by the DWI unit, saying the officers' testimony could not be trusted. While ...
"Alexander v. Sandoval (2001), title VI, and the court's refusal to consider the validity of English-only laws or rules". Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court Cases. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. pp. 185– 194. ISBN 0-292-71411-4.
The U.S. Justice Department has sharply stepped back its anti-corruption efforts under President Donald Trump, from loosening enforcement of laws meant to stop companies from bribing foreign ...
Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108 (1964), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that "[a]lthough an affidavit supporting a search warrant may be based on hearsay information and need not reflect the direct personal observations of the affiant, the magistrate must be informed of some of the underlying circumstances relied on by the person providing the information and some ...
A Texas appeals court tossed out a woman's five-year prison sentence for voting illegally Thursday, ending a yearslong saga that garnered national attention.. Crystal Mason was sentenced in 2018 ...