No. 19-6911

Father v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment appeal appellate-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment texas-constitution
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Article V, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution violate Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when its distinction between legally sufficient and factually sufficient evidence requires litigants to satisfy the same burden of proof twice on appeal?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Does Article V, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution violate Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when its distinction between legally sufficient and factually sufficient evidence requires litigants to satisfy the same burden of proof twice on appeal? i

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)

Attorneys

In the Interest of J.O., J.O., & J.O.
Gurney F. Pearsall IIIPearsall Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
Gurney F. Pearsall IIIPearsall Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner