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and in the process of obtaining a divorce, at the time of trial.
Throughout the years in issue, petitioners resided together in
the State of Texas.
Dr. Beck attended the University of Virginia, Duke
University, and Harvard University. He has degrees in medicine
and dentistry. During the years in issue, he was a self-employed
dentist in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1987, the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (the
board), created by the Texas legislature, revoked Dr. Beck’s
dental license. In 1988, Dr. Beck filed suit in Texas State
court to set aside the revocation. On April 1, 1992, the board
and Dr. Beck entered into an agreed board order pursuant to which
Dr. Beck’s license was suspended for 3 years with all but the
first 90 days being a probationary period. The lawsuit brought
by Dr. Beck against the board was dismissed as moot.
During this process, Mrs. Beck was active in efforts on her
husband’s behalf to dissolve the board. She first contacted
Texas Attorney General Jim Maddox, and in 1989 she contacted
Texas Attorney General Richard “Racehorse” Haynes. She
eventually persuaded a former board investigator to testify as a
witness for Dr. Beck at the hearings before the Texas State
legislature regarding dissolution of the board.5
5 The board was dissolved in 1994 and reestablished during
the 1995 Texas legislative session.
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