Legal Opinion
Hoover v. Morales
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1999No. 19-20429PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
We sua sponte withdraw our prior opinion, Hoover v. Morales, 146 F.3d 304 (5th Cir.1998), and substitute the following:
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FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY
At issue in this case are two Texas state policies, one legislative and one administrative, which have the effect of prohibiting state employees from acting as consultants or expert witnesses on behalf of parties opposing the State in litigation. The first such policy is Texas A&M University System (“TAMUS”) policy No. 31.05, which prohibits university professors from taking employment as consultants or expert…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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