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Laws and rules
Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, Pub. L. 117-168, 136 Stat. 1759 (2022). (Link Type: Federal Law)
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U.S. Code
By U.S. Congress
Publication Date: August 10, 2022
Library Location: LAW-FED
Legal documents
Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety. Petition for review from the Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas (No. 19-0107, veteran is suing DPS for failing to accommodate his reemployment after injuries received in combat) (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
By Texas Supreme Court
Publication Date: February 22, 2019
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Leroy Torres; Opinion and dissenting opinion (No. 13-17-00659-CV, trial court erred in denying the Texas Department of Public Safety's plea to jurisdiction regarding Torres' Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act claim). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
By Texas Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi - Edinburg Division
Publication Date: November 20, 2018
Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety; Brief for respondent (No. 20-603, whether the States agreed to subject themselves to private employment-discrimination lawsuits in their own courts when they ratified the Constitution, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), as amended by the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: March 2, 2022
Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety; Opinion (No. 20-603, a State's sovereign immunity yields to federal policy to build and keep a national military, per the Constitution, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), as amended by the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: June 29, 2022
Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety; Petition for a writ of certiorari (No. 20-603, does Congress have the power to authorize suits against nonconsenting states pursuant to its War Powers?, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (USERRA)). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: November 2, 2020