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  • Smith v. Galveston County

    Publication Date: 2010-10-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-07
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: 01-08-01011-CV

    OPINIONPro se inmate Clifford Smith sued Galveston County for negligence after he slipped in the jail shower and sustained injury. The county filed a plea to the jurisdiction in which it alleged

  • Richards v. Richards

    Publication Date: 2012-01-02
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    Date Filed: 2011-12-29
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-01066-CV

    OPINIONAppellant, James Alexander Richards, appeals from a decree of divorce dissolving the marriage between him and appellee, Karen Sue Richards. In seven issues, appellant argues the tri

  • Washington v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-07
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: 01-10-00589-CR

    OPINIONAppellant, Kelvin Washington, appeals the trial court's denial of his request for pretrial habeas corpus relief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 31. Appellant identifies three issues in which he cont

  • McFarland v. Boisseau

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Date Filed: 2011-12-15
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00088-CV

    OPINIONAppellants, Melodie McFarland and Pamela Lykes, challenge the jury verdict determining they published statements about appellee, Stacie Boisseau, that were defamatory per se. In thr

  • City of Webster v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2011-10-27
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-10-01015-CV

    OPINIONThe City of Webster ("the City") appeals the trial court's denial of the City's motion to dismiss David R. Myers' claims against city employees, Darrell Kelemen, Jr., Tiffany Swanso

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  • Robert Burke v. the State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2011-10-25
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    Date Filed: 2011-10-20
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00190-CR,, NO. 01-11-00191-CR

    OPINIONA jury found appellant guilty of two counts of aggravated-sexual assault of a child.*fn1 The jury assessed punishment at 70 years in prison with the s

  • Torres v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-04-02
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    Date Filed: 2012-03-29
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00361-CR

    OPINIONAppellant, Selestino Gutierrez Torres, was charged by indictment with murder. Appellant pleaded guilty to the charge, but elected to have his punishment determined by a jury. Th

  • In Re: Keith Spooner, Cleveland Regional Medical Center, and Shirley Kiefer

    Publication Date: 2010-12-01
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-30
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 10-00953-CV, NO. 10-00956-CV

    Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of MandamusOPINIONTangie Walters sued relators, Keith Spooner, M.D., Cleveland Regional Medical Center, and Shirley Kiefer for medical negligence. In

  • David Powers Homes Inc. v. M.L. Rendleman Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-16
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    Date Filed: 2011-08-18
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-10-00967-CV

    OPINIONDavid Powers Homes, Inc. ("DPH") appeals the trial court's denial of the relief sought in DPH's "Ex Parte Motion for Judicial Review of Documentation or Instruments Purporting to Cr

  • Hourani v. Katzen

    Publication Date: 2009-11-30
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    Date Filed: 2009-11-25
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Laura Carter Higley Justice
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    Case Number: 01-07-00971-CV

    OPINIONIn this suit for declaratory relief, which concerns a dispute over restrictive covenants in a residential subdivision, appellants, Monzer Hourani and Carlton Park Owner's Association, Inc. (