JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
In my torts class, I teach “Dram Shop” cases where bars and restaurants are subject to civil liability for “overserving” customers. Bartenders often complain that the Dram Shop laws expect them to monitor individual customers in what are often busy and crowded bars.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 26, 2021
We have previously discussed “ Castle Doctrine ” and “ Stand Your Ground ” laws. The latest such case comes from Martindale, Texas where Terry Duane Turner, 65, is charged with the first-degree murder of Adil Dghoughi, 31. Dghoughi’s family can also sue in torts. He was trying to leave the scene.
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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 1, 2021
There is another tragic case out of Texas involving rivaling claims of self-defense and provocation. The common law protects not just self-defense but mistaken self-defense where a person may have erroneously (but reasonably) thought that he was under attack. The Texas SYG law states in part : Sec.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Sylvia Gonzalez, a newly elected Texas city council member elected on an anti-corruption platform was arrested after her first meeting for “intentionally … conceal[ing] … a government record,” for allegedly taking a petition her supporters had presented to the mayor seeking the removal of a city manager. Gonzalez v. 26 conference) King v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
These laws are based on an urban legend that people are routinely prosecuted for defending their homes from intruders. The laws have produced perverse results as in the controversial case of Tom Horn in Texas. There is an allowance in torts for mistaken self-defense. A position partially supported by his son.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 28, 2023
It is an all-too-familiar pattern that we often discuss in my torts class where people are confused and try to enter the wrong home. Castle doctrine states codified and, in some states, expanded on those common law protections. They have resulted in some highly controversial cases like that of Tom Horn in Texas.
JonathanTurley
JULY 7, 2021
There was a remarkable decision by a Texas federal judge this week when U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez for the Western District of Texas ruled that the Air Force was legally at fault for the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas by Devin Patrick Kelley.
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