• In the Interest of ALR

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-19-00349-CV

    A.L.R. was born in 2018 to father J.R. and mother E.B. A month later, the Department of Family and Protective Services filed a petition for conservatorship and for termination of father's parental rights based on an open case related to mother's three other children and allegations of abuse and neglect made against both mother and father.

  • Center Rose Partners v. Bailey

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00739-CV

    The parties are members of Rose Acquisition, LLC. Appellees alleged the LLC's manager, L.J. Black, stopped performing his job responsibilities in 2007 and appellants purchased Black's 220 units in the LLC after securing a loan by obtaining a promissory note in favor of a bank.

  • Cunningham v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Radack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01-18-00559-CR

    Appellant and another individual, Luis DeLeon, were involved with beating Christopher Lowe with their fists and a bat, after Lowe had entered DeLeon's storage unit.

  • Pineda REO v. Lomix Limited

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Benavides
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-17-00277-CV

    In six issues, appellant, Pindea Reo, LLC, challenged a take-nothing judgment from its suit to collect on commercial loan guaranties.

  • In The Estate of Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Richter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-18-01193-CV

    This appeal involved a will contest and raised two issues concerning the allocation of burdens to prove standing and estoppel by acceptance of benefits.

  • Roman v. Halverson

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-17-00241-CV

    In two issues, appellants challenged the trial court's decision dismissing their lawsuit for failure to diligently prosecute and argued that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing their case because they were not given notice of the potential dismissal and the court did not hold a separate hearing before dismissing the case; and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in failing to hold a hearing on their motion to reinstate the case.

  • Rossa v. Mahaffey

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wright
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-18-00347-CV

    Appellant sued appellee for defamation, which was met with a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act.

  • Harris County v. SK and Brothers

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Environmental Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00984-CV

    Appellants, Harris County and the State of Texas, acting by and through the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, challenged the trial court's dismissal of their lawsuit against appellees for lack of standing.

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  • In the Interest of CJG

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Marion
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-19-00237-CV

    In 2018, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of C.J.G.'s mother and J.G., an alleged father.