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The City of Houston v. Guzman
More of the same: City of Houston insists on going forward with appeals on immunity issue it has already lost on in several prior cases. Here is the first of two more such tort claims cases decided by...
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City of Houston v. Esparza progeny: Another interlocutory appeal by the City...
The City of Houston v. Lackey, NO. 01-11-00248-CV (Tex.App. – Houston [1st Dist.] May 31, 2012) (City’s jurisdictional defense in suit brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act rejected; trial court’s...
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Houston's First Court of Appeals based in old Harris County Courthouse after...
Formerly home to Harris County Civil Courts, now seat of two Texas Courts of Appeals (First and Fourteenth Appellate Districts)Current Membership of the First Court of Appeals (Feb 1, 2013 snip of...
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Houston Court of Appeals for the 14th District now resides in restored 1910...
Cupola of former Harris County Civil Courthouse, whichnow is the seat of two state appellate courtsCurrent Membership of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals (screenshot from 14th CoA's website...
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Pictures of Harris County Civil Courthouse which houses District Courts...
The above is a true photo of the modern Harris County Courthouse (taken with zoom lens from a couple of blocks West). Compare that to what appears on the county clerk's webpage for one of the County...
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Harris County 1910 Courthouse (photos after restoration and historical marker)
Harris County 1910 Courthouse, now the seat of two Court of Appeals301 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77002Cases and Case Law from the Houston Courts of Appeals
View ArticleFreeport port authority's lack-of -jurisdiction defense in suit by contractor...
Port Freeport f/k/a Brazos River Harbor Navigation District v. RLB Contracting Inc.,No. 01-11-00778-CV (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] April 26, 2012)(denial of governmental entity's plea to the...
View ArticleEviction suits & appeals are of limited scope
Limited nature of eviction suits does not change upon appeal from Justice Court to the County Court at Law even though county courts have broader jurisdiction with respect to suit that originate in...
View ArticlePro se appellant told what's wrong with special writ petition
Court of Appeals tells pro se litigant what's wrong with his petition for a special writ. (They don't always do that, but issue one-liner or one-sentence "opinions" instead)Original Proceeding on...
View ArticleStatute governing permissive interlocutory appeal has changed
Under prior rule, all parties had to agree to interlocutory appeal if it was not otherwise authorized. No longer so, but older cases may fall under the rule in effect at the time, as seen in short per...
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Jury Plaza and Building - Harris County - Downtown Houston
Harris County Courthouse SquareCriminal Justice Center (criminal courts) seen from Jury PlazaHarris County Civil Courthouse on CarolineHarris County Civil Courthouse and multi-level parking garage seen...
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Harris County Family Law Center (photo of building and plaza)
Harris County Family Law Center - Landscpaped Plaza facing North side of 1910 Courthouse (not shown) with Historical MarkerCases and Case Law from the Houston Courts of Appeals
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Attorney faces disciplinary action over barratry; use of non-lawyer associate...
The State Bar of Texas, through its Commission for Lawyer Discipline, yesterday (Feb 12, 2014) filed a petition with the Harris County District Clerk seeking imposition of disciplinary sanctions...
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Who dissents the most in Houston?
How common are dissenting and concurring opinions on the Houston Courts of Appeals? Systematic information both on disposition patterns and opinion production of individual justices is available from...
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Ex-Judge Denise Pratt (non) news - Sanctions pronouncement by State...
Former Harris County Family District Court Judge Denise Pratt finally slapped on the wrist by the State Commission of Judicial Conduct for tardiness and apparent back-dating of orders to cover up her...
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Houston Court of Appeals Justice Jim Sharp soon to face the voters' verdict...
Judicial Elections as a Remedy to Improve the Judicial System Having distinguished himself with a formal reprimand by the Texas Commission of Judicial Conduct, followed by a like resolution by a...
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Holy smoke: Houston Judge looking for a few weed-minded votes ... on...
Embattled First Court of Appeals Incumbent His Honner Jim Sharp -- don't call him Mr. Sharp or else - must be getting desperate a few days before the election ..... He is a scheduled speaker at Houston...
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2014 Texas Judicial Elections Results - Appellate Courts - and a look back at...
2014 APPELLATE RACES: REPUBLICANS KEEP TIGHT GRIP ON HIGHEST COURTS, AND WIN ALL BUT ONE COURT OF APPEALS RACE Republicans remain firmly in control of the state's two highest courts and courts of...
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Appellate Court Output (FY 2014): Justices Christopher and Radack lead in...
The 2014 Annual Statistical Report on the Texas Judiciary has not yet been released, but much of the new data for the fiscal year that ended Aug 31, 2014 is already available on the Office of Court...
View ArticleLitigating Finality: Is an order granting a motion for summary judgment final...
APPELLATE JURISDICTION DEPENDS ON FINALITY OF ORDER APPEALED FROM [UNLESS INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL IS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED]What if there was a counterclaim, which was not addressed by the summary judgment...
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