Sentences with phrase «texas federal court rules»

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One other possible wrinkle that could impact the rule's implementation, meanwhile, is a pending legal challenge in a federal court in Texas.

The federal judge overseeing the case in Texas against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule on Wednesday denied considering all but two of the eight amicus briefs filed in the court, allowing only the briefs filed by the Financial Planning Coalition and the American Association for Justice.

On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.

A federal appeals court had ruled in favor of school officials in Plano, Texas, on the liability question, and the justices without comment let that decision stand.

Then, on 22 November, federal judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction that put implementation of the new rule on hold until the court could decide lawsuits brought against it by a number of states and employers.

The court accepted a case from Texas, where a federal appeals court ruling that prohibited organized student prayers has caused turmoil at games this fall.

Sponsors say the measures are written to be consistent with a much - debated 1992 federal appeals - court ruling that approved student - led, nonsectarian prayers at a Texas high school graduation.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a federal appeals court's ruling that a Texas teacher who resigned under pressure should have been granted an administrative hearing before his resignation took efCourt declined last week to review a federal appeals court's ruling that a Texas teacher who resigned under pressure should have been granted an administrative hearing before his resignation took efcourt's ruling that a Texas teacher who resigned under pressure should have been granted an administrative hearing before his resignation took effect.

Texas created the policy in 1997 after a federal appellate court ruled, in Hopwood v. Texas, that the state's previous affirmative - action system based on racial preferences was unconstitutional.

And a third decision brought fresh attention to a landmark federal appeals court ruling against considering race at the University of Texas law school.

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They include volumes covering Title 18 of the U.S. Code, the federal sentencing guidelines, the federal search and seizure manual, various Texas codes and rules, and various federal court rules.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the action should have been litigated in federal court, because Minton's malpractice claim relied on the viability of the experimental use exception as a defense to invaliCourt ruled that the action should have been litigated in federal court, because Minton's malpractice claim relied on the viability of the experimental use exception as a defense to invalicourt, because Minton's malpractice claim relied on the viability of the experimental use exception as a defense to invalidity.

Minton asserted a legal malpractice claim in Texas state court after a federal court ruled that his patent was invalid due to a statutory bar, alleging that his attorney, Gunn, failed to timely raise the experimental use exception.

On a petition for writ of mandamus, the Federal Circuit ordered the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to transfer venue of a patent action — rejecting the four - part venue test proposed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in TC Heartland LLC...

Federal appeals court rules that Texas can begin enforcing restrictions on abortion clinics, Reuters

In Texas, the Eastern District federal courts and all of the support systems will face a major contraction as the new ruling takes effect.

Texas: bill removes power of State Commission on Judicial Conduct to discipline judges who refuse to follow federal court rulings; claims state judges have free speech right to refuse to obey federal court rulings

In fact, the Texas Supreme Court devoted a section of its opinion to making that very point, noting that its application of proportionality principles aligned practice under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure with practice under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

In Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, the court ruled that the Texas Arbitration Act superseded the Federal Arbitration Act, allowing parties to contract the right of judicial review of arbitration awards.

The Obama Administration's latest change to the nation's overtime rules, which was set to take effect on December 1, 2016, has been blocked preliminarily by a federal court in Texas.

This Supreme Court ruling brings Texas into the mainstream of class - action law, making Texas law consistent with federal law, United States Supreme Court decisions, and the law of most sister states.

But it is unlikely the court will rule on this case before the May 31, 2018 deadline imposed by Texas - based Kinder Morgan Inc., which succeeded in generating a quick response from the Alberta and federal government.

This is inconsequential, however, because the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals have both articulated standards concerning the admissibility of expert testimony that are consistent with the federal rule's text.

Federal appeals court upholds ruling in AALDEF case that Texas election law violates Voting Rights Act

We urge the Eastern District of Texas to bring its courts back into line with the Federal Rules.