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The Robin Hood Plan is a colloquialism given to a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.
Texas (1967). Taylor was the first Compulsory Process Clause case since Washington v. Texas to provide a specific limitation on the right of defendants to force their witnesses to testify. In that case, the Court construed a defendant's right very broadly in his ability to present a defense.
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down both a state statute denying funding for education of undocumented immigrant children in the United States and an independent school district's attempt to charge an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each student to compensate for lost state funding. [1]
the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses Perry v. Louisiana: 498 U.S. 38 (1990) forcibly medicating a death row inmate with a mental disorder in order to make sure he is competent to be executed is impermissible Cheek v. United States: 498 U.S. 192 (1991) mistake of law is a valid defense to criminal tax evasion because of mens rea
Section 15 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided: [A]ll the said courts of the United States, shall have power in the trial of actions at law, on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the parties to produce books or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the ...
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In a letter to Texas colleges and universities, Gov. Greg Abbott said he won't support tuition increases over the next two years. Read full letter. Gov. Abbott wants to extend Texas college ...
Jefferson Law School Dallas: c. 1915: 1938 N/A South Texas College of Law: Houston: 1923 148-194 St. Mary's University School of Law: St. Mary's University: San Antonio: 1927 148-194 [Note 2] University of Texas School of Law: University of Texas at Austin: Austin: 1883 16 Texas A&M University School of Law: Texas A&M University: Fort Worth ...