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Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia (July 27, 1915 – June 3, 1964) was an American civil rights attorney. Garcia worked with fellow attorney Carlos Cadena in the landmark case Hernández v. Texas (1954), arguing before the US Supreme Court for the end of a practice of systematic exclusion of Hispanics from jury service in Jackson County, Texas.
Civil War Texas: A History and a Guide. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-171-1. Wooster Ralph A. (2015). Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-1-62511-025-1. Wooster Ralph A. (1995). Texas and Texans in the Civil War. Eakin Press. ISBN 1-57168-042-X.
Thomas "Tom" Green (June 8, 1814 – April 12, 1864) was an American soldier and lawyer, who took part in the Texan Revolution of 1835–36, serving under Sam Houston, who rewarded him with a land grant. Green was clerk of the Texas Supreme Court until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he became a Confederate cavalry leader.
The New High Priests: Lawyers in Post–Civil War America (1984). online; Gawalt, Gerard W. The Promise of Power: The Emergence of the Legal Profession in Massachusetts, 1760–1840 (1979). Gawalt, Gerard W. "Sources of Anti-Lawyer Sentiment in Massachusetts," American Journal of Legal History 14 (October 1970) :283–307. Hoffer, Peter Charles.
On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) turned up the heat, warning of primary challenges for Republican incumbents who make “deals with Democrats to block a Republican majority ...
In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
The Sutton–Taylor feud began as a county law enforcement issue between relatives of a Texas state law agent, Creed Taylor, and a local law enforcement officer, William Sutton, in DeWitt County, Texas. The feud cost at least 35 lives and eventually included the outlaw John Wesley Hardin as one of its participants.
Davis celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 12, and Miller on Aug. 11. Both men spent over 70 years in the legal profession. Fort Worth criminal defense attorney MarQuetta Clayton called Davis a ...