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· 1/15/1999

Sawyer v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Citations

  • 983 S.W.2d 310
  • 1998 WL 744599

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that questions of law are always reviewed de novo
  • the source of the alleged injuries was not the computer printout used to communicate an erroneous parole review date to a prisoner, but rather the information conveyed
  • “Information or misinformation remains information whether it is transmitted by electronic equipment or by word of mouth.”
  • the source of the alleged injuries was not the computer printout used to communicate an erroneous parole review date to a prisoner, but rather the information conveyed
  • the source of the alleged injuries was not the computer printout used to communicate an erroneous parole review date to a prisoner, but rather the information conveyed
  • “[A] governmental entity does not waive its sovereign immunity by using or misusing information.”

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Judges: Cohen, Hedges, Taft

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