No. 21-1234

Jose Dominguez v. American Express, FSB

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: batson-challenge business-debt civil-procedure constitutional-rights corporate-law corporate-liability credit-protection debts statute-of-frauds third-party-liability veil-piercing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the trial court err in holding an owner of a corporation liable for the debts of the third person?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED American Express solicits small businesses and | issues “business cards” in order to avoid compliance | with and evade consumer credit protection laws. The | cards are issued by American Express based upon | signed and approved applications, that are not kept, : | nor is a personal guaranty obtained from the applicant, but instead, relies on ambiguous boilerplate agreements in its attempt to hold the applicant liable for the debts of the business and avoid the requirements of the statute of frauds. Furthermore, American Express uses peremptory challenges in order to violate a . defendant’s constitutional rights. The Questions Presented Are: 1. Did the trial court err in holding an owner of a corporation liable for the debts of the third person? 2. Did the trial court violate petitioner’s constitutional rights by not allowing petitioner to raise a Batson challenge? ii |

Docket Entries

2022-08-01
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-07-07
DISTRIBUTED.
2022-06-09
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 11, 2022)
2022-01-07
Application (21A301) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 7, 2022.
2021-12-24
Application (21A301) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 6, 2022 to March 7, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jose Dominguez
Jose Dominguez — Petitioner