NEWS
- This Week's Issue
- Newsmakers
- Law Firm Business
- Associate Life
- TL Surveys
- Practice Areas
- Tex Parte Blog
- Reversed & Remanded Video Blog
- TL Podcasts
- In-House Texas
- Executive Legal Adviser
CASES & COURTS
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Featured Sponsors
Practice Areas
News
Dupree v. KingVision Pay-Per-View Ltd.
Texas Lawyer
Monday, April 23, 2007
Because Dallas County Constable Michael Dupree failed to levy on or sell property subject to execution and because the levy or sale could have taken place, Dupree and his sureties are liable to KingVision Pay-Per-View Ltd. for the full amount of the debt, plus interest and costs.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
Tracy v. Tracy
Texas Lawyer
Monday, April 2, 2007
Under the trial court's contempt order, Martha Tracy can only avoid jail by paying Vance Tracy's attorneys' fees. A trial court, however, cannot imprison a person for debt.
Kaltenbach v. Richards
Texas Lawyer
Monday, September 25, 2006
A party who satisfies Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's general definition of a "debt collector" is a debt collector for the purposes of the entire act even when enforcing security interests.
Jones v. American Airlines Inc.
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 15, 2004
Because an exemption is a right given by law to a debtor to retain a portion of his or her property free from the claims of creditors, the appellant cannot claim as exempt the portion of benefits to which she has no legal right.
