Bolling v. Farmers Branch Independent School District

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• existing legal authority applicable to facts and questions raised must be accurately cited; references to legal authority that have nothing to do with issues raised are contrary to requirement of rule 38.1(i) and references to sweeping statements of general law are rarely appropriate.
• this Court is not responsible for doing legal research that might support a party’s contentions
• “[W]e are not responsible for doing the legal research that might support a party’s contentions.”
• “References to legal authority that have nothing to do with the issue to be decided are contrary to the requirement of rule 38.1(i). References to sweeping statements of general law are rarely appropriate.”
• “Importantly, statements of fact must be supported by direct references to the record that are precise in locating the fact asserted. If record references are not made . . ., the brief fails.”
• “References to sweeping statements of general law are rarely appropriate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).