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Few Masks at EDTex Jury Trial

By on September 21, 2020
Posted In Federal Courts, Texas

Today a mostly maskless trial concluded in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas before Judge Rodney Gilstrap with an $8.5 million plaintiff’s verdict. This was Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s second pandemic trial. Attendees in the gallery were “asked to wear masks,” according to Law360. Jurors wore face shields but not masked. Also unmasked: Judge Gilstrap, his staff and the lawyers.

Tags: EdTex, jury trial, pandemic trial, Rodney Gilstrap
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