Saldano v. Roach 363 F.3d 545 (5th Cir. 2004)

The case arose out of a federal habeas corpus challenge by a state prisoner to his death sentence. The prisoner’s race and ethnicity were used to support a finding of future dangerousness during the punishment phase of the trial. The case was eventually appealed to the Supreme Court, at which time the Attorney General assumed…

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Farmers Group Inc. v. Lubin, 222 S.W. 3d 417 (Texas 2007)

The Attorney General of Texas entered into a class action settlement with a group of insurance companies over inadequate disclosures and discrimination in homeowners’ rating practices that allegedly violated the state’s Insurance Code. The court of appeals reversed, holding the Attorney General could not bring a class action under the Insurance Code without naming individual…

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Lubin v. Farmers Group, No. 03-03-00374-CV (Tx. Ct. App. Nov. 6, 2009)

The Attorney General of Texas entered into a class action settlement with a group of insurance companies over inadequate disclosures and discrimination in homeowners’ rating practices that allegedly violated the state’s Insurance Code. Although the Texas Supreme Court declined to hold that the Attorney General could bring the class action without fulfilling any of the…

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