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  • Bradley v. Shaffer

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
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    Case Number: 11-15-00247-CV

    Darrell Shaffer was one of several beneficiaries of a testamentary trust created in 1993, which covered mineral interests associated with approximately 1765 acres of land located in Taylor County.

  • Mayes v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
    Judge: Justice Parker
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    Case Number: 07-16-00290-CR

    Appellant Toby Jaye Mayes was convicted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. After Mayes was sentenced to a life sentence, he appealed his conviction on the basis of eight issues.

  • In the Interest of M.M.W.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Texarkana Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
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    Case Number: 06-17-00076-CV

    The Department of Family and Protective Services filed a petition to terminate appellant-mothers parental rights to her children on the grounds that she had endangered their physical or emotional well-being, failure to comply with service plan, and continued use of a controlled substance.

  • In Re Carolina Mayorga

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals, El Paso Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 08-17-00158-CV

    Relator was found guilty of contempt for her failure to turn over her minor child to non-party in accordance with the district courts temporary orders. Relator set forth affirmative defenses alleging she should not be held in contempt because the child had made an outcry of sexual abuse and she had been instructed by law enforcement officers to not turn over the child. The trial court found relator guilty of two counts of contempt and ordered her to serve fifteen days in jail for each count, consecutively.

  • Goggins v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals, 14th Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jamison
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    Case Number: 14-16-00559-CR

    In two issues, appellant challenged the legal sufficiency of the evidence in support of his conviction for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and the trial courts denial of his request for a jury instruction of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault.

  • Lugo v. Donna I.S.D.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Justice Valdez
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    Case Number: 13-16-00666-CV

    School board trustee Ernesto Lugo sued the Donna Independent School District Board of Trustees, arguing he and others were not given proper notice of meeting for the determination of filling board vacancies in violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act.

  • City of San Antonio v. Hotels.Com

    Publication Date: 2017-12-11
    Practice Area: Internet Law | Tax
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barksdale
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    Case Number: 16-50479

    173 Texas municipalities alleged that service fees charged by online travel companies for facilitating a hotel reservation is included in the cost of occupancy and was thus subject to the municipalities hotel occupancy tax ordinances.

  • Owens v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rose
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    Case Number: 03-15-00717-CR

    Appellant Rashad Owens was convicted of murder after driving through a barricaded street in an attempt to evade police and killing four pedestrians.

  • Jean v. Lou

    Publication Date: 2017-12-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Barnard
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    Case Number: 04-16-00252-CV

    At the conclusion of litigation over disputed ownership of 147.5 acres of land between the Korth and Eckford families, a trial court granted partial summary judgment in favor of appellee Lou Eda Korth Stubbs Nixon and her fellow heirs.

  • In Re Jennifer Orren

    Publication Date: 2017-12-04
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Worthen
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    Case Number: 12-17-00313-CV

    Relator Jennifer Orren was sued by two individuals after they were injured in a collision with a vehicle operated by Orren.