Emerging Issues in Texas Dismissal Practice: Pleading Standards and Important Miscellany

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2015

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Benham, Dustin B.

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Abstract

This essay addresses the pleading-standard question and other emerging issues in Texas motion-to-dismiss practice. First, there is an examination of emerging questions regarding how Texas dismissal and pleading practices compare with federal plausibility pleading. Next, there is a survey of a few 91a cases that court and lawyers should note as they proceed through the dismissal process in state court.

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Texas, pleading standards, Rule 91a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, pleading, dismissal, Texas dismissal practice, motion-to-dismiss

Citation

Dustin B. Benham, Emerging Issues in Texas Dismissal Practice: Pleading Standards and Important Miscellany, 6 HLRe Off Rec. 123 (2015).