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Defective Jurisdictional Allegations in the Petition, Defective Service of Process, and Defects in Citation May No Longer be Challenged in a Special Appearance
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1986)
Analyzes a Texas case, which held that defective jurisdictional allegations in a petition, defective service of process, and defects in the citation must be challenged by a motion to quash and not by a special appearance. ...
Good Cause, Bad Cause, or No Cause at All: Does it Matter in Texas?
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1986)
Discusses the “employment-at-will” doctrine. The article details the policy based exceptions and contractual limitations placed on the doctrine through Texas case law. The article suggests that the current doctrine is not ...
The Texas Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1986)
Discusses the expansion of how state courts are granting more constitutional liberties to their citizens in response to recent United States Supreme Court decisions limiting these rights. The article is an overview of ...
The Texas Corporate Survival Statute: An Endangered Species?
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1986)
Discusses section 7.12 of the Texas Business Corporations Act and section 2.07 of the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act. The article analyzes these two statutes in terms of their procedural nature and their ...
Avoiding the Mechanical Dust Bowl: The Need for a Modified Surface Destruction Test
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1988)
Examines the history and purpose of the surface destruction test in Texas mineral estate law. The author scrutinizes Texas-specific difficulties with implementing the test, the confused jurisprudence on this issue in Texas ...
Title 4. Protection of the Family
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1986)
Provides commentary for Title 4 of the Texas Family Code while discussing some family violence prevention-related sections from the Texas Penal Code and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The commentary details the changes ...
Imposing Covenants in Oil and Gas Leases—Covenant of Further Exploration Tenuously Supported Under Texas Jurisprudence: Sun Exploration & Production Co. v. Jackson, 715 S.W.2d 199 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1986, writ granted)
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1988)
Analyzes a case from the 1st District Court of Appeals in Houston involving an oil and gas lease dispute. The lessee filed suit in order to obtain a temporary restraining order to perform a seismic survey after the lessor ...
Handicap Provision of Texas Employment Discrimination Statute Protects Only Those Individuals Whose Disabilities Severely Limit Them in Performing Work-Related Tasks in General: Chevron v. Redmon, 745 S.W.2d 314 (Tex. 1987)
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1988)
Examines the Texas Supreme Court’s analysis in Chevron v. Redmon, a case brought by an applicant rejected for failing to meet a company’s visual acuity requirement. The applicant in this case filed suit under the Texas ...