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  2. State Bar of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The State Bar of Texas is composed of those persons licensed to practice law in Texas and is an "integrated" or "mandatory" bar. The State Bar Act, adopted by the Legislature in 1939, mandates that all attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas be members of the State Bar. [4] [5] As of 2018, membership in the Texas Bar stood at 103,342. [6]

  3. Laidlaw v. Organ - Wikipedia

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    Organ, 15 U.S. (2 Wheat.) 178 (1817), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that established the rule that buyers need not disclose advantageous information to sellers. This rule should not be confused with either caveat emptor —a rule placing the burden of due diligence on the purchaser of goods—or caveat venditor ...

  4. DeVillier v. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas, 601 U.S. 285 (2024), was a case that the Supreme Court of the United States decided on April 16, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The case dealt with the Supreme Court's takings clause jurisprudence . Because the case touched on whether or not the 5th Amendment is self-executing, the case had implications for Trump v.

  5. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CFR — Call for Response (At the US Supreme Court, if the other side has stated it will not respond to a petition for cert., any Justice may direct the Clerk to call for a response.) CJ – Postnominals of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and, formerly, of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

  6. Supreme Court of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters (including juvenile delinquency cases, which are categorized as civil under the Texas Family Code) in the U.S. state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals , is the court of last resort in criminal matters.

  7. Caveat (property law) - Wikipedia

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    The caveator can withdraw their caveat at any time. The Land Titles Office cannot register any transactions regarding the estate while a caveat applies. [5] A lapsing notice will require the caveator to commence Supreme Court proceedings and obtain an extension of the caveat within days of the date on which the notice was served. If the ...

  8. Baker Botts - Wikipedia

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    Gray left the partnership in 1874 to join the Supreme Court of Texas, and the two remaining partners, Walter Browne Botts and Judge Baker, renamed the firm Baker & Botts. Judge Baker's son, Captain Baker, joined the firm as a clerk in 1877, a lawyer in 1881, and became a partner in 1887, at which time the name became Baker, Botts, and Baker.

  9. Cravath, Swaine & Moore - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s, Cravath lawyers wrote the U.S. Supreme Court brief on behalf of the Congress of Racial Equality’s Freedom rides protesting segregated buses, and were called upon by President John F. Kennedy to help form the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. [51] In 1966, the firm helped launch litigation that would become Miranda v.