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Wide web of legal figures linked to UT affirmative action case
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[Austin American-Statesman] - One of its lawyers on the case, William Consovoy, clerked for Thomas at the high court and for the 5th Circuit's Edith Jones, who wrote a dissent when that court voted 9-7 against rehearing the Fisher case after a three-judge panel ruled that UT's
Affirmative action, • Supreme Court justices take up race as a ...
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[Bend Bulletin] - Chief Judge Edith Jones of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, dissenting from the full appeals court's decision not to rehear Fisher's case, was skeptical of state officials' rationale. Justice Elena Kagan disqualified herself from hearing the case
Abilene resident provides super funding for PACs
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[ReporterNews.com] - Matthews is the daughter of Ruth Legett Jones who, along with her daughters Judy and Edith Jones O'Donnell, created the Dodge Jones Foundation in to honor the only male Jones sibling, Dodge Jones, who died as a young man. The family's fortune was
Google News: Willfulness at Issue in Case on Dischargeability of Attorneys' Fees
[Texas Lawyer] - In its 2-1 decision, written by Chief Judge Edith Jones, the 5th Circuit majority noted that attorneys' fee debts may be excepted from discharge under 11 USC §523 of the US Bankruptcy Code if they arise from "willful and malicious injury.
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