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Hernandez v. Texas. Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period." [1] In a unanimous ruling, the court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United States ...
Files a false claim of exemption from jury service. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: How do you get out of jury duty in Texas? A look at the exemptions.
Juror misconduct is when the law of the court is violated by a member of the jury while a court case is in progression or after it has reached a verdict. [1] Misconduct can take several forms: Communication by the jury with those outside of the trial/court case. Those on the outside include “ witnesses, attorneys, bailiffs, or judges about ...
Objection (United States law) In the law of the United States of America, an objection is a formal protest to evidence, argument, or questions that are in violation of the rules of evidence or other procedural law. Objections are often raised in court during a trial to disallow a witness 's testimony, and may also be raised during depositions ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), is an employment discrimination decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, stating that employers cannot be sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 over race or gender pay discrimination if the claims are based on decisions made by the employer 180 days ago or more.
Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 21, 1991. The Civil Rights Act of 1991[3] is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. The Act represented the first effort since the passage of the Civil ...
Apr. 5—Question : If jury duty paid more maybe so many people wouldn't try so hard to get out of it. My boss didn't pay me when I missed work for jury duty and the court pay wasn't close to the ...
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