Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. Department of Justice
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided July 28, 2023No. 5:23-cv-00034Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS LUBBOCK DIVISION STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff, v. No. 5:23-CV-034-H MERRICK GARLAND, in his official capacity as Attorney General., et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Judges apply rules, not the parties’ preferences. The rule at issue here is longstanding: the plaintiff gets to choose where to file suit from multiple permitted locations. And since 1962, Congress has permitted suits against the federal government to be brought where the plaintiff resides. Here, Texas brought suit in the Northern District of Texas, but the…
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