Legal Opinion
Armando Z. Martinez and Hortencia O. Martinez v. City of Austin
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided April 7, 1993No. 03-92-00173-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
Martinez - final
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,
AT AUSTIN
NO. 3-92-173-CV
ARMANDO Z. MARTINEZ AND HORTENCIA O. MARTINEZ,
APPELLANTS
vs.
CITY OF AUSTIN,
APPELLEE
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 493,373, HONORABLE W. JEANNE MEURER, JUDGE PRESIDING
Armando Z. Martinez and Hortencia O. Martinez, appellants, bring a limited appeal challenging, as unconstitutional, the ethnic and racial composition of the jury in their wrongful-death suit against the City of Austin. We will affirm the trial court's judgment.
BACKGROUND
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- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State Ex Rel. Hightower v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Mendoza v. Ranger Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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