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  • Harris County v. Braun

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-19-00382-CV

    Appellee, a taxpayer who brought suit against her county under Section 1983 because the county denied her two-thirds homestead exception based upon her marriage status, could not bring her case in state court as there were other adequate remedies under the law.

  • Sorrow v. Harris County Sheriff

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Personal Injury
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-18-00901-CV

    Appellant filed suit in 2017 naming appellee and other defendants and alleging a variety of tort, statutory, and constitutional claims stemming from medical treatment he received in 2001 and 2002 while in the custody of appellee during his pre-trial detention.

  • Caver v. Clayton

    Publication Date: 2021-03-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Discovery
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-18-00160-CV

    Appellant was previously married to appellee's daughter, who filed for divorce.

  • Reeves v. Central Houston Nissan

    Publication Date: 2021-02-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-19-00506-CV

    Pro se appellant filed suit against appellee asserting claims of deceptive advertising and violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.

  • Brown v. Tarbert

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Consumer Protection | Landlord Tenant Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-18-00388-CV

    Appellants leased a house from appellee Tarbert in 2015.

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  • Emmanuel v. Izoukumor

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Evidence
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-19-00361-CV

    In four issues, appellant argued that: (1) the trial court erred in granting appellee's motion for no-evidence summary judgment based on "default judgment;" (2) that the trial court's award of $1,800 in actual damages, $3,600 in damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and $10,000 in costs and attorney fees was violative of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and an unspecified portion of the Texas Constitution as excessive; (3) that the trial court erred by dismissing his claims against appel

  • In re APTWT

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Real Estate
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-20-00541-CV

    APTWT owned an apartment complex and filed suit against Harris County Appraisal District, alleging appraisal of the complex was unequal because it exceeded the median appraised value of a reasonable number of comparable properties appropriately adjusted.

  • Stredic v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-18-00162-CR

    In a supplemental majority opinion on rehearing requested by the State, the court addressed two arguments that it failed to address in its original opinion.

  • In Re Hughes

    Publication Date: 2020-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-20-00442-CR

    Relator filed petitions for writs of mandamus while incarcerated.

  • In The Interest of MP

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-20-00169-CV

    After receiving reports that the family's home was covered in animal feces, that the father was on drugs, and that M.P., a three- week-old child, had a swollen neck and large hematoma on her head, the Department of Family and Protective Services conducted an investigation and the trial court eventually removed the child to the Department's care.