Res Ipsa Blog » Texas Supreme Court http://resipsablog.com Tue, 04 May 2010 22:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Supreme Court of Texas: FLDS children to be released http://resipsablog.com/2008/05/29/supreme-court-of-texas-flds-children-to-be-released/ http://resipsablog.com/2008/05/29/supreme-court-of-texas-flds-children-to-be-released/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 23:10:49 +0000 Benson Varghese http://litigationnews.wordpress.com/?p=220 ]]> The Texas Supreme Court upheld the court of appeals decision, agreeing that the removal of the FLDS children was not warranted. The Court pointed out that there are numerous measures available to the district court to protect the children short of separating them from their parents, such as issuing temporary restraining orders, or removing the alleged perpetrators.

The full opinion is available here.

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]]> http://resipsablog.com/2008/05/29/supreme-court-of-texas-flds-children-to-be-released/feed/ 0 Texas Tech School of Law opens $13.6 million addition http://resipsablog.com/2008/04/23/texas-tech-school-of-law-opens-136-million-addition/ http://resipsablog.com/2008/04/23/texas-tech-school-of-law-opens-136-million-addition/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:47:25 +0000 Benson Varghese http://litigationnews.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/texas-tech-school-of-law-opens-136-million-addition/ ]]> The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Mark and Becky Lanier Professional Development, the newest addition to the Texas Tech School of Law, took place this morning. Prior to the ribbon-IMG_0582cutting ceremony, the Texas Supreme Court heard two cases  in the new building. The new building adds over 34,000 square feet of space to the law school, including a 150 seat courtroom which is one of the most technologically advanced courtrooms in the nation.

The building was made possible by a $6 million gift from Mark and Becky Lanier which was matched by the state. Mark Lanier is the school’s best known alumnus who gained national acclaim following the nation’s first VIOXX trial. As anyone who knows Mark and Becky Lanier will tell you, their generosity is matched only by their humility and care for those around them.

In a touching opening ceremony, Mark Lanier said “I have offices in New York, Houston, Palo Alto, and Los Angeles, so I meet attorneys everywhere, from the east coast to the west coast, down to the gulf coast. I am proud to say that graduates of the Texas Tech School of Law are as good litigators as any that graduate from the most prestigious schools in our nation. I often tell people, ‘I am not making Texas Tech a great school; Texas Tech is already a great school, I am just helping get the word out.’”

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A video of the Texas Supreme Court hearings held in the new courtroom are available here.

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