• Ashire v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-09-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-17
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Tim Taft Justice
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    Case Number: Nos. 01-07-00681-CR & 01-07-00682-CR

    OPINIONA jury convicted appellant, David Ashire, of theft of property valued over $100,000 and under $200,000 and assessed punishment at life in prison and a fine of $10,000 (trial court cause numb

  • SLT Dealer Group Ltd. v. Americredit Financial Services Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-21
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-17
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Sherry Radack Chief Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00613-CV

    Opinion issued February 17, 2011OPINIONThis is a breach of contract case. The defendant, SLT Dealer Group, LTD d/b/a Alliance Chevrolet ("Alliance") appeals a final summary judgment granted i

  • Texas General Land Office v. Porretto

    Publication Date: 2011-12-19
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    Date Filed: 2011-12-15
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00520-CV

    OPINION ON REHEARINGA little more than fifty years ago, the Porretto family began acquiring tracts of beachfront property on Galveston Island, gulfward of the seawall. The family eventuall

  • Anderson v. Bessman

    Publication Date: 2011-11-14
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    Date Filed: 2011-11-10
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-11-00303-CV

    OPINIONDue to financial exigencies that Hurricane Ike created, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ("UTMB") terminated a number of its faculty positions. The medical school

  • Wilson v. Shanti, et. al

    Publication Date: 2011-01-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-06
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Harvey Brown Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00707-CV

    OPINIONKimberly Wilson filed a medical malpractice action against Dr. Ihsan Shanti and the Shanti Pain and Wellness Clinic, P.A. The trial court excluded the testimony of Wilson's expert and subseq

  • SP Terrace, L.P. v. Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-10-21
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-21
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Jane Bland Justice
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    Case Number: 01-09-00155-CV

    OPINION ON REHEARINGIn this dispute over an earnest money contract to develop a plat of real estate, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC (Meritage)

  • Austin v. Weems

    Publication Date: 2011-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-24
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
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    Case Number: NO. 01-09-00127-CV

    Opinion issued February 24, 2011 OPINION Charlotte Austin sued Michael Weems for the wrongful death of her husband, Earvin Austin, arising from an auto-pedestrian

  • BHP Billiton Petroleum Inc. v. Atlantia Offshore Limited

    Publication Date: 2009-12-08
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    Date Filed: 2009-12-04
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Terry Jennings Justice
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    Case Number: Nos. 01-09-00509-CV & 01-09-00647-CV

    OPINIONIn this interlocutory appeal,*fn1 appellant, BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas) Inc., challenges the trial court's temporary injunction enjoining it from pur

  • Scarbrough v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

    Publication Date: 2010-09-02
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-31
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Evelyn V. Keyes Justice
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    Case Number: 01-08-00792-CV

    OPINIONAppellant, Daphne Scarbrough, argues that the trial court erred in granting the plea to the jurisdiction of appellee, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO). In seven is

  • Marara Jean Kibble v. the State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2010-12-05
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-02
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Elsa Alcala Justice
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    Case Number: 01-09-00480-CR

    OPINIONAppellant, Marara Jean Kibble, appeals a judgment convicting her for possession with intent to deliver cocaine weighing between four and two hundred grams. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CO