· 12/9/1981
Eleanor Duke v. University of Texas at El Paso
Citations
- 663 F.2d 522
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 15374
- 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 32,290
- 27 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1389
How courts have described this case
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- holding that interpreting chapter 106's predecessor to cover employment benefits would violate legislature’s intent and render superfluous other statutory provisions
- holding that interpreting chapter 106's predecessor to cover employment benefits would violate legislature's intent and render superfluous other statutory provisions
- “Ambiguities concerning the ambit of criminal statutes should be resolved in favor of lenity.”
- Texas courts have no authority to hear certified questions from federal courts
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Judges: Ainsworth, Ingraham, Tate
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