• Brian Shanklin and Todd Rimmer, Appellants v. Bassoe Offshore (Usa) Inc., Mike Smith, and Jonathan Fairbanks

    Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-14
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
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    Case Number: NO. 12-00563-CV

    CONCURRING OPINIONThe majority's entire discussion of Real Estate License Act standing is dicta:the opinion expressly acknowledges that "even if the trial court erred in concluding that Sh

  • Anderson v. Bessman

    Publication Date: 2011-11-14
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    Date Filed: 2011-11-10
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00303-CV

    OPINIONDue to financial exigencies that Hurricane Ike created, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ("UTMB") terminated a number of its faculty positions. The medical school

  • Wilson v. Shanti, et. al

    Publication Date: 2011-01-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-06
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Harvey Brown Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00707-CV

    OPINIONKimberly Wilson filed a medical malpractice action against Dr. Ihsan Shanti and the Shanti Pain and Wellness Clinic, P.A. The trial court excluded the testimony of Wilson's expert and subseq

  • SP Terrace, L.P. v. Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-10-21
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-21
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
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    Case Number: 01-09-00155-CV

    OPINION ON REHEARINGIn this dispute over an earnest money contract to develop a plat of real estate, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC (Meritage)

  • Eller Media Co. v. City of Houston

    Publication Date: 2001-10-30
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-25
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Sam Nuchia Justice
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    Case Number: 01-00-00588-CV

    OPINIONAppellant, Eller Media Company, and several other outdoor advertising plaintiffs sued appellee, the City of Houston, challenging the validity of the amended Houston Sign Code and alleging, a

  • Austin v. Weems

    Publication Date: 2011-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-24
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00127-CV

    Opinion issued February 24, 2011 OPINION Charlotte Austin sued Michael Weems for the wrongful death of her husband, Earvin Austin, arising from an auto-pedestrian

  • BHP Billiton Petroleum Inc. v. Atlantia Offshore Limited

    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
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    Date Filed: 2009-12-04
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Terry Jennings Justice
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    Case Number: Nos. 01-09-00509-CV & 01-09-00647-CV

    OPINIONIn this interlocutory appeal,*fn1 appellant, BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas) Inc., challenges the trial court's temporary injunction enjoining it from pur

  • Scarbrough v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

    Publication Date: 2010-09-02
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-31
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Evelyn V. Keyes Justice
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    Case Number: 01-08-00792-CV

    OPINIONAppellant, Daphne Scarbrough, argues that the trial court erred in granting the plea to the jurisdiction of appellee, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO). In seven is

  • Marara Jean Kibble v. the State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2010-12-05
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-02
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Elsa Alcala Justice
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    Case Number: 01-09-00480-CR

    OPINIONAppellant, Marara Jean Kibble, appeals a judgment convicting her for possession with intent to deliver cocaine weighing between four and two hundred grams. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CO

  • Darren Ray Castleberry v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2011-04-30
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    Date Filed: 2011-04-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-10-00158-CR, 01-10-00159-CR, 01-10-00248-CR, 01-10-00249-CR

    OPINION The State issued an indictment charging Darren Ray Castleberry with four felony offenses, two involving sexual assault of a child under seventeen years of age and th