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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BUSINESS</font></div><div><b>Inside Exxon Mobil’s fight to stop climate change litigation in its tracks</b></div><div>
</div><div>James Osborne</div><div>Staff Writer</div><div>June 15, 2018</div><div>
</div><div>[FILE - In this May 31, 2006 file photo, an ice sculpture fashioned by protesters, to demonstrate their view of how the company's policies are affecting the environment, slowly melts outside the Exxon Mobil shareholders meeting in Dallas. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday, April 13, 2018, that Exxon Mobil must hand over documents for Attorney General Maura Healey's probe into whether the company misled investors and consumers about what it knew about the link between fossil fuels and climate change. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)]</div><div>
</div><div>WASHINGTON — Imagine this storyline: One of the largest oil companies in the world becomes the victim of a left-wing conspiracy, funded by wealthy liberals who convince Democratic attorneys general across the nation to sue the company to stop it from offering different views about climate change.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">What sounds like the stuff of a bad Hollywood thriller is, in fact, the narrative Exxon Mobil’s attorneys are telling as they seek to defend the company from mryiad lawsuits and investigations into what oil companies knew about climate change and when they knew it. With a surprising procedural victory in a Texas court recently, Exxon is attempting to gain greater latitude in what it and other oil companies can say — or not say — about climate change and the impact on their businesses, seeking to build on legal rulings that have expanded corporations’ rights of free speech in recent years, legal scholars say.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>The U.S. government has long limited First Amendment protections for corporations, prohibiting them from making false statements to further business interests — a staple of U.S. consumer protection laws going back to the days of snake-oil salesmen peddling so-called magic elixirs. But Exxon’s case could test how far the courts are willing to go to uphold governments’ ability to regulate commercial speech.</b></div><div>
</div><div><b>Exxon is arguing that the state and local governments suing the company have gone too far, trying to impose an Orwellian code of conduct to drown out those who call attention to uncertainties about how climate change will play out over the long term and affect the global economy.</b></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">“Exxon is framing (climate change) as a legitimate political debate in which they are a participant, rather than a for-profit company trying to make a buck,” said Tamara Piety, a law professor at University of Tulsa. “There has been a growing movement (among corporations) to raise the First Amendment. If something can be proven to be unconstitutional it’s completely off the table”</span></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Over the past two decades, companies have successfully used the free speech strategy to challenge government regulations on everything from the placement of workplace signs explaining employee rights to the distribution of patients’ medical data. A key win for corporate America came in 2010 Citizens United case, when the Supreme Court ruled that limits on corporate spending in political campaigns violated companies’ free speech rights.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>Now Exxon is seeking to expand corporate rights one step further, arguing that the government legal action, based on the company’s past statements, is little more than leverage to get oil companies to agree to a wide-arching climate change deal that would restrict what they can say about the issue — in violation of “of Exxon Mobil’s constitutional rights</b>.” That includes investigations launched by the New York and Massachusetts attorneys general into whether Exxon lied to shareholders and consumers about the risks of climate change to the environment and its business, and lawsuits filed by cities and counties in California and Colorado, which are seeking damages from Exxon and other oil companies for the costs of rising sea levels and increased wildfires.</div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>Exxon in January asked a state court in Fort Worth to order more than a dozen city and county officials from California to sit for depositions by Exxon’s attorneys to determine whether they are conspiring with plaintiffs’ attorneys and environmentalist activists to force Exxon into accepting a deal.</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> A New York federal judge in March dismissed a similar request by Exxon to depose the New York and Massachusetts attorneys general, ruling it was based on “extremely thin allegations and speculative inference,” but the Te<b>xas judge, R.H. Wallace Jr., decided to give the company more room to prove its claim, ruling in April that Exxon could begin making requests to depose specific officials.</b></span></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Exxon declined to comment. But James Coleman, a law professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a contributor to the conservative Federalist Society, said <b>Exxon, which has come out in support of the Paris climate accords and a national carbon tax, is simply protecting its First Amendment rights </b>to communicate about climate change and the effects on its finances as it sees fit.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>“It’s an unusual claim (by Exxon) but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong,” he said. “The government can make you give accurate information, but the government can’t force you to say things you disagree with. For instance, the government couldn’t make Exxon say climate change is the defining challenge of our time, even if they consider it a fact.”</b></div><div>
</div><div><b>San Francisco and other California communities are challenging Wallace’s ruling in the Texas 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, potentially setting the case on a path to the Texas Supreme Court</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">. And considering the political makeup of the state’s high court, Exxon stands a good chance of winning its argument, said Tom McGarity, a law professor at the University of Texas, who sits on an advisory board to the California plaintiffs.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>“It presents a very sympathetic venue,” he said. “It’s a pro-business Supreme Court.”</b></div><div>
</div><div>Conspiracy</div><div>
</div><div>The case in Texas comes three years into a legal campaign against Exxon and other oil companies. In Exxon’s telling, it all stems from meeting of environmental activists in the beach town of<b> La Jolla, California, in 2012.</b></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Activists and attorneys discussed a strategy for addressing climate change based on the tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s, which successfully argued tobacco companies were liable for smokers’ deaths because executives knew the risks but still claimed publicly they did not, according to an account of the meeting published by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental group that helped organize the event</span></div><div>
</div><div>If Exxon and other oil companies could be shown to have known the risks to health and safety of climate change but did nothing to warn the public and investors, then perhaps activists could create a groundswell of public outrage to change the political and economic landscape for oil companies, much as they had for tobacco companies.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“We wrote up a report so other lawyers and policymakers could pick up on those lessons (from tobacco) and use them, like you would any science you would hope is actionable,” said Peter Frumhoff, head of policy and science at the Union of Concerned Scientists. “The first tenet of good science is being transparen</span>t.”</div><div>
</div><div>But the activists also gave Exxon a potential weapon to counterattack.</div><div>
</div><div><b>The company’s lawyers have focused on one line in the Union of Concerned Scientists account, in which activists describe how they could could use litigation for “maintaining pressure on the industry that could eventually lead to its support for legislative and regulatory responses to global warming.” That game plan, Exxon lawyers said, was then adopted by government prosecutors, including former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who recently resigned amid allegations of sexual abuse.</b></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Wallace, the Texas judge, agreed with the company lawyers, writing that environmentalists who attended the La Jolla meeting “aimed to chill and suppress Exxon Mobil’s speech.”</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>California and Colorado officials dismiss Exxon’s legal maneuvers as little more than intimidation tactics aimed at frightening and bogging them down in paperwork. A spokesman for the New York Attorney General’s Office called Exxon’s strategy an attempt to “distract and deflect from the facts at han</b>d.”</div><div>
</div><div>Public opinion</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Within conservative circles, Exxon’s conspiracy message seems to be gaining traction.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Earlier this year, <b>David Bookbinder, an attorney with the libertarian Niskanen Center, filed suit against Exxon and the Canadian oil company Suncor, </b>claiming they were responsible for the costs sustained by Colorado local governments in fighting wildfires and other effects of climate change.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A few weeks later, he began seeing his name pop up on conservative websites, including the<b> Daily Caller and one owned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.</b> Articles suggested Bookbinder and his colleagues were part of a conspiracy funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a New York charity with more than $800 million in assets that is overseen by the descendants of the late oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, whose Standard Oil was the precursor to Exxon Mo</span>bil.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The claim was based on a $200,000 grant the Niskanen Center received shortly before the Colorado lawsuit was filed. Bookbinder said the grant had nothing to do with the lawsuit and scoffed at the idea his plaintiffs were part of a conspiracy to damage Exxon.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“My clients don’t want Exxon out of business,” he said. “Then they don’t get paid.”</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>The Rockefeller Brothers Fund said in a statement that it does consider a willingness to take oil companies to court in awarding grants to climate activists. “Litigation is one tool that can help to level the playing field by leaning into legal standards that are meant to serve the common good,” the statement said</b>.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In its legal filings, Exxon maintains that the Rockefellers and the hedge fund billionaire<b> Tom Steyer, who is funding a campaign to impeach President Donald Trump, are behind the wave of litigation. Exxon lawyers cited a $30,000 campaign donation Steyer made to a former mayor of San Francisco</b> shortly before that city filed suit, as well as a Columbia Journalism School investigation into how Exxon’s past statements questioning climate science conflicted with what its scientists were saying internally.</span></div><div>
</div><div>The Rockefeller Family Fund, another charity controlled by Rockefeller descendants, funded the Columbia investigation.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">There’s nothing illegal about using money to try to influence a company’s behavior. But that’s besides the point for Exxon. Just as climate activists succeeded in convincing more Americans that climate change is a large and growing threat, Exxon wants to promote the idea of a liberal conspiracy to undermine a fossil fuel industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people and literally fuels the U.S. and global economies</span>.</div><div>
</div><div><b>Exxon is now considering an appeal of a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that found the state’s attorney general’s office had not violated the company’s constitutional rights when it demanded the company turn over documents. Such an appeal would go to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Exxon’s success in convincing the public of its liberal conspiracy narrative could make the difference between winning and losing.</b></div><div>
</div><div><b>“I don’t think the Supreme Court is completely oblivious to public opinion,” said Piety, the Tulsa law professor, “and the more Exxon can marshal public opinion, the better chance they have of convincing the courts.</b>”</div><div>
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">r<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">.H. Wallace</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(</span><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Party" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican Party</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">) was a judge of the Texas 96th District Court.<b> He assumed office in 2010</b>.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> He left office on December 31, 2020.</span></font></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wallace (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Party" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican Party</a>) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 96th District Court. He won in the general election on November 8, 2016.</font></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Biography</font></span></h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 184, 31); margin: 3px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 3px; text-align: center; width: 200px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org?subject=Bio%20update%20for%20R.H.%20Wallace%20Jr." style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">editor@ballotpedia.org</a>&nbsp;to notify us of updates to this biography.</font></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wallace received his undergraduate degree from the </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">U.S. Naval Academy and his&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D." style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">J.D.</a>&nbsp;from Baylor University Law School</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><span id="cite_ref-appoint_1-0" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-appoint-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wallace began his career as an <b>assistant U.S. attorney for the&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Northern District of Texas</a>. I</b>n 1984, he joined the firm of&nbsp;<b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, LLP</span>, </b>where he became a partner. He worked there until his judicial appointment in 2010.<span id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></span></font></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards_and_associations" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Awards and associations</font></span></h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State Bar of Texas</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">American Bar Association</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tarrant County Bar Association</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Texas Association of Defense Counsel</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tarrant County Civil Court Advisory Committee</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Life fellow, Texas Bar Foundation</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Treasurer, Eldon B. Mahon Inns of Court<span id="cite_ref-appoint_1-1" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-appoint-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span></font></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Elections</font></span></h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="2016" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2016</font></span></h3><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">See also:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,2016" title="Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016</a></font></span></dd></dl></dd></dl><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas" title="Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas</a>&nbsp;held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.<span id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></span>&nbsp;Incumbent&nbsp;<a class="mw-selflink selflink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">R.H. Wallace Jr.</a>&nbsp;defeated&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Traci_DeAnne_Hutton" title="Traci DeAnne Hutton" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Traci DeAnne Hutton</a>&nbsp;in the Texas 96th District Court Republican primary.<span id="cite_ref-list_4-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-list-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></span></font></p><table width="490px" class="bptable gray collapsible" id="collapsibleTable0" style="border-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><th colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; background: red; padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 3px !important; padding-bottom: 3px !important;"><span class="collapseButton" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; width: auto;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">[<a id="collapseButton0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">hide</a>]</font></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Texas 96th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016</font></span></th></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><td width="275px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: grey;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Candidate</font></td><td width="75px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: grey;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Vote&nbsp;%</font></td><td width="100px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-right: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); background-color: grey;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Votes</font></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td width="275px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Won" title="Won" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" /></a>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">R.H. Wallace Jr.</a></span>&nbsp;<small style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Incumbent</span></span></small></font></td><td width="75" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">53.63%</font></td><td width="100" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-right: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">80,525</font></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><td width="275px" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Traci_DeAnne_Hutton" title="Traci DeAnne Hutton" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Traci DeAnne Hutton</font></a></td><td width="75" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">46.37%</font></td><td width="100" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-right: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">69,618</font></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" width="450" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Votes</font></span></td><td width="100" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-right: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">150,143</font></span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-left: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 2px 4px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-right: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Source:</span>&nbsp;<a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Tarrant/58812/162406/Web01/en/summary.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tarrant County, Texas<i>,</i></span>&nbsp;"Unofficial Results," accessed March 2, 2016</a></font></td></tr></tbody></table><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Selection_method" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Selection method</font></span></h4><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">See also:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Partisan_election_of_judges" title="Partisan election of judges" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Partisan election of judges</a></font></span></dd></dl></dd></dl><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The judges of the&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_District_Courts" title="Texas District Courts" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas District Courts</a>&nbsp;are chosen in&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Partisan_election_of_judges" title="Partisan election of judges" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">partisan elections</a>. <b>They serve four-year terms,</b> after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.<span id="cite_ref-general_5-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-general-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, t</b>he courts are grouped into nine&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">administrative judicial regions.</span>&nbsp;Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."<span id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Qualifications</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">a U.S. citizen;</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">a resident of&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas" title="Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas</a>;</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">licensed to practice law in the state;</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">between the ages of 25 and 75;<span id="cite_ref-hist_7-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-hist-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a></span></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.<span id="cite_ref-general_5-1" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-general-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></span></font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.<span id="cite_ref-general_5-2" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-general-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></span></font></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="2012" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2012</font></span></h3><dl style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">See also:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_judicial_elections,2012" title="Texas judicial elections, 2012" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas judicial elections, 2012</a></font></span></dd></dl><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Wallace was re-elected without opposition to the&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_District_96" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas District 96" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">96th District Cour</a></span><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_District_96" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas District 96" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">t</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><span id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a></span></font></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Noteworthy_cases" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Noteworthy_cases_coverage_at_Ballotpedia" title="Noteworthy cases coverage at Ballotpedia" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Noteworthy cases</font></a></span></h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Marlise_Munoz_life_support_case" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Marlise Munoz life support case</span></h3></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">On January 24, 2014, Wallace ordered John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth to remove life support for a pregnant, brain-dead woman named&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Marlise Munoz</span>. The woman's parents and husband argued that she would not want to be kept in that condition, but the hospital refused to remove life support. Wallace gave the hospital until 5 p.m on January 27 to remove life support. The hospital and Munoz's family agreed that Munoz was brain-dead, which meant she was dead both medically and under Texas state law. However, against the wishes of Munoz's family, the hospital continued to treat her. <b>Wallace said that Munoz was legally dead, and by continuing to treat her, the hospital was misapplying a state law that prohibits the removal of life-sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient</b>.<span id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">On January 26, John Peter Smith Hospital complied with Wallace's order to remove Munoz from life support. <b>The fetus, which was at 23 weeks gestation, was not delivered</b>.<span id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_note-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[10]</a></span></p></span></font></div><div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0" data-google-query-id="CL75odr1hPcCFQYNoQodP9sOSA" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="google_ads_iframe/1011927,22497578485/BP_FourthWindow_0container" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0pt none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></div></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">See also</font></span></font></h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Judges_appointed_by_Rick_Perry" title="Judges appointed by Rick Perry" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Judges appointed by Rick Perry</font></a></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_District_Courts" title="Texas District Courts" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Texas District Courts</font></a></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Judicial_selection_in_Texas" title="Judicial selection in Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Judicial selection in Texas</font></a></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Courts_in_Texas" title="Courts in Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Courts in Texas</font></a></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Local_trial_court_judicial_elections,2016" title="Local trial court judicial elections, 2016" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Local trial court judicial elections, 2016</font></a></font></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">External links</font></span></font></h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/15382/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; 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Perry Appoints Wallace as Judge of the 96th District Court," November 12, 2010</font></a></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.txcourts.gov/about-texas-courts.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Texas Judicial Branch</font></a></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.judgewallace.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Campaign website</font></a></font></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Footnotes</font></span></font></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div class="references-small" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px; overflow: hidden; max-height: 10em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="mobile-columns" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-y: hidden; max-height: 10em !important;"><div class="mw-references-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ol class="references" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-parent 0 list-item 0;"><li id="cite_note-appoint-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;">↑&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-appoint_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:</span>1.0</a></span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-appoint_1-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">1.1</a></span></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/15382/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data">Office of the Texas Governor, Press Release: "Gov. Perry Appoints Wallace as Judge of the 96th District Court," November 12, 2010</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-2" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.shannongracey.com/component/content/article/128" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shannon Gracey</i>, "Governor Perry Appoints Shannon Gracey's R.H. Wallace, Jr. To the 96th District Court of Texas," November 17, 2010</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-3" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2016-important-election-dates.shtml" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Texas Secretary of State</i>, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-list-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-list_4-0" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://webservices.sos.state.tx.us/candidate-filing/cf-report.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat !important; padding-right: 13px !important;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Texas Secretary of State</i>, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-general-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;">↑&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-general_5-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:</span>5.0</a></span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-general_5-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">5.1</a></span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-general_5-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">5.2</a></span></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141003172042/http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/methods/selection_of_judges.cfm?state=TX" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat !important; padding-right: 13px !important;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">American Judicature Society</i>, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-6" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.state.tx.us/courts/ajr.asp" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Texas Courts Online</i>, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-hist-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-hist_7-0" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jzj01" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Texas State Historical Association</i>, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-8" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist164_state.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Texas Secretary of State</i>, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012</a></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/R.H.Wallace_Jr.#cite_ref-9" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">↑</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BRAIN_DEAD_PREGNANCY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-24-17-20-24" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data">"Judge: Remove life support for pregnant woman,"&nbsp;<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Associated Press,</i>&nbsp;January 24, 2014</a>&nbsp;<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">(<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dead_link" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">dead link</a>)</i></span></font></font></li><li id="cite_note-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; 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margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals</a>&nbsp;• U.S. District Court:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern District of Texas</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Western District of Texas</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Northern District of Texas</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Southern District of Texas</a>&nbsp;• U.S. Bankruptcy Court:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_bankruptcy_court,Eastern_District_of_Texas" title="United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Eastern District of Texas</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_bankruptcy_court,Western_District_of_Texas" title="United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Western District of Texas</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_bankruptcy_court,Northern_District_of_Texas" title="United States bankruptcy court, Northern District of Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas judicial elections</a>&nbsp;•&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Judicial_selection_in_Texas" title="Judicial selection in Texas" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Judicial selection in Texas</a></font></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></font></div><div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">texas law firm with 80-year history is disbanding</font></font></h2><p class="byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BY&nbsp;<a href="https://www.abajournal.com/authors/4/" title="View this author's information" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">DEBRA CASSENS WEISS</a></font></font></p><p class="dateline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><time style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">NOVEMBER 28, <b>2016,</b></font></time></font></p><p class="dateline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Texas law firm will be dissolving at the end of the year amid lawyer defections and partner retirements.</font></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The firm, Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller, has operated for more than 80 years, report the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article116469133.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.texaslawyer.com/id=1202772840584/Sources-Say-Shannon-Gracey-to-Close-By-Years-End?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Texas Lawyer</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> It lists offices in<b> Fort Worth, Dallas</b>, Arlington, Austin, Houston and Rhome.</span></font></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The decision to dissolve the firm was disclosed in an<b> emergency motion</b> filed in a civil case by former Shannon Gracey lawyers, according to the Star-Telegram. Two former partners and one current partner confirmed plans to shutter the firm in an interview with Texas Lawyer.</font></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A statement issued by Shannon Gracey managing partner Richard Lowe on Nov. 18 said some partners had retired and some lawyers had left for other opportunities. He said current partners were “considering a variety of options” and “no decisions have been formalized.”</font></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But Shannon Gracey partner David Seidler of Fort Worth told Texas Lawyer that the firm is dissolving because of some “personalities” and ”some issues they couldn’t solve.”</font></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“It’s very sad,” Seidler said. “The firm is very well respected, been around for 70, 80 years.”</font></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">morn news dallas</font></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We recommend that Republican incumbent Joseph Patrick “Pat” Gallagher continue presiding over the 96th Judicial District in Fort Worth. Gallagher was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in July after Judge R.H. Wallace Jr. retired, according to court coordinator Jennifer Ramos. Gallagher, 62, has more than 30 years' experience in law, most of it in private practice, including more than 650 cases in all 10 district courts in Tarrant County</font></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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