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WIDNER PRODUCT FINISHING COMPANY v. SOUTHWOOD DOOR COMPANY
Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Pemberton. Widner Product Finishing Company ("Widner"), plaintiff below, attempts to appeal summary judgments entered in favor of Oshkosh Door Company
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
IN RE COLEMAN
Relator complains that respondent, the Honorable Jeanine S. Barr, presiding judge of the 182nd District Court of Harris County, has failed to rule on his motion to enter judgment and sentence nunc pro tunc, filed in the trial court on January 9, 2012.
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
RAJAN v. STOCKDALE
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order finding a medical expert report sufficient to proceed with a medical malpractice case. 1 Charles and Jamie Stockdale, individually and as representatives of the estate of Charles Stockdale, III,
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
CLARK v. STATE
1 An article 11.07 writ of habeas corpus is returnable to the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the convicting court's order may not be appealed to this court. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, §3. Thus, only the Court of Criminal Appeals has
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
MYCUE v. STATE
1 The trial court found appellant guilty and, in accordance with the terms of appellant's plea bargain agreement with the State, sentenced appellant to confinement for 25 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
POMPA v. STATE
The trial court has certified that this "is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal." See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). On January 30, 2012, this Court notified appellant's counsel of the trial court's certification and ordered
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
BRAGLIA v. MIDDLETON
Appellant Christopher Braglia appeals a bench-trial judgment in favor of appellee Kenneth Shea Middleton. By three issues, Braglia argues that: (1) the trial court committed reversible error when it proceeded with a trial on the merits on Middleton's
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
MORICE v. EQUITY RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
The trial court dismissed Equity's claims against Morice without prejudice, based on a lease provision designating New York City as the venue for the suit, but it denied Morice's request for attorney's fees. Morice appeals, contending that New York law
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
CANTU v. STATE
By five issues on appeal, Cantu argues that the trial court erred in: (1) allowing hearsay testimony involving statements by the deceased; (2) denying Cantu's proposed limiting instruction in the jury charge regarding certain prior inconsistent
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A
CITY OF KNOXVILLE v. McCALL
J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, PJ, WS, and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined. This is a case involving a prescriptive easement. The City of Knoxville filed a petition for an injunction against the
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:37A