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IN RE BEARD
Consideration of a motion that is properly filed and before the court is a ministerial act. State ex rel. Curry v. Gray, 726 SW2d 125, 128 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987) (orig. proceeding). A relator must establish the trial court (1) had a legal duty to rule
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
GIRALDO v. PAVIA
John Giraldo brings this restricted appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment favoring Juan J. Jimenez Pavia. Pavia sued Giraldo based primarily on Giraldo's failure to return a security deposit on rental property.
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
KIFFE v. STATE
The trial court assessed his punishment at three years' community supervision, with a suspended sentence of five years' confinement. On appeal, Kiffe contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction of driving
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
BATTS v. STATE
On June 11, 2010, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for fifty-five (55) years on each charge of aggravated robbery and fifteen (15) years on the charge of
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
IN RE MUOZ
On September 12, 2011, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause, seeking to compel the trial court to render a ruling on his trespass to try title suit and on other motions pertaining to his suit.
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION v. BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Baker Hughes initiated court proceedings, and both parties filed motions to compel arbitration in accordance with their respective positions. The trial court granted Baker Hughes's requested relief and denied Schlumberger's motion.
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
IN RE TORRES
Relators, Bernardo Torres and Torr Respiratory Services, Inc., filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause on August 16, 2011, seeking to compel the trial court to disqualify opposing counsel. The Court requested that the real parties in
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
CORTEZ v. STATE
The trial court sentenced appellant on May 13, 2011, to confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In two issues, appellant claims her sentence was grossly disproportionate to the offense underlying
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
PUGH v. STATE
Approximately nineteen months after his plea and sentence, the trial court determined that Pugh had violated the terms of his community supervision. The court revoked Pugh's probation and sentenced him to ten years in the Institutional Division of the
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
DOUGLAS v. AMERICAN TITLE CO.
Id. The trial court granted the motion and, when Douglas failed to post the required security, dismissed the case. Douglas appealed and this Court reversed and remanded, concluding that the trial court's declaration of Douglas as a vexatious litigant
Updated: 10/14/2011 06:45A
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