Legal Opinion
Doris Forte v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporate
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 20, 2015No. 12-40854PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The original opinion in this case was filed on August 14, 2014. 1 In that opinion, we affirmed the district court’s judgment of liability under the Texas Optometry Act (“TOA”), Tex. Occ.Code § 351.408(c). We reversed and vacated the district court’s monetary award, however. We held that Chapter 41 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code (“Chapter 41”) precludes the district court’s award of the civil penalties in this case. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 41.004(a). The plaintiffs filed a petition for rehearing en banc, challenging our decision to reverse and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Brown v. De La CruzTexas Supreme Court · 2004
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3Cited by13 opinions
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