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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 10-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 10-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 33-6","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 33-6"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 22-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 22-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 21-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 21-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 7-12","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 7-12"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 12-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 12-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 36-22","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 36-22"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 8-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 8-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 30-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 30-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 26-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 26-30"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 8-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 8-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 33-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 33-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 22-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 22-30"}]}],"slug":"2018-18-525-fort-bend-county-v-davis","term":"2018","title":"Does a missed filing deadline strip courts of power to hear discrimination claims?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 31, lines 8-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 31, lines 8-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 16-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 16-34"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 48, lines 10-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-525_4gci.pdf","page_label":"file page 48, lines 10-33"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}