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Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED MAY 18, 2000


Civil

Published:   

14-98-00050-CV

Robert H. Williams, Melissa B. Williams, Danielle Hope Williams, Kristen Joy Williams, and Stephanie Faith Williams
v.
Greg Gleason, Beth Gleason, Robert L. Roane, Andrew W. Edwards, William R. Stuck, Neal T. Hare, Thomas W. Hartnett, Jr., Robert E. Stewart, Harold P. Tolsma, William A. Fitzhenry, David Lee Wakeland, Gorden E. Landreth, et al.
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Draughn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  164th District Court (Hon. Katie Kennedy)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Troy Allen Williams, James S. Sharpe, H. Victor Thomas, and Steven C. Howard

 

14-98-01117-CV

Mark Green, et ux., and Jeannie Green
v.
Marc Faber, The City of Friendswood, Texas, and Brent and Kelli Campbell
  AFFIRMED
  Panel: Justices Sears, Draughn, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. D. Camille Hutson-Dunn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  10th District Court (Hon. David E. Garner)
  For appellant:  Kenneth C. Kaye
  For appellee:  James Boanerges and Steven D. Selbe

 

14-99-00051-CV

Nancy Wilson
v.
Ken M. Korthauer
  AFFIRMED
  Panel: Justices Anderson, Frost, and Dunn (Dunn sitting by assignment)
  Opinion by: Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  55th District Court (Hon. Kathleen Stone)
  For appellant:  Otto D. Hewitt, III and Sam M. Yates, Jr.
  For appellee:  John R. Strawn, Jr

 

14-99-00138-CV

David Darr, Individually and d/b/a Humble Automotive
v.
James E. Altman
  AFFIRMED
  Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Opinion by: Hon. John S. Anderson
  Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. Lynn Bradshaw-Hull)
  For appellant:  Robert Perry McConnell
  For appellee:  Gary M. Polland


14-99-00657-CV

Harris County, Texas
v.
Johnny Nash
  REVERSED AND RENDERED
  Panel: Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Wittig
  Opinion by: Hon. Maurice Amidei
  Trial court:  189th District Court (Hon. Carolyn Johnson and Hon. Jeff Work)
  For appellant:  Sandra D. Hachem and Nick Turner
  For appellee:  Mark Omar Midani


 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.7)

14-97-01412-CV

Arthur Johnson
v.
Shearn Smith and P. K. Reiter
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Cannon, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  129th District Court (Hon. Patrick Mizell)
  For appellant:  Daniel E. Maeso
  For appellee:  Robert Maddox


14-98-01275-CV

John E. Hearn, Jr. et al.
v.
Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc., et al.
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Edelman, Wittig, and Lee
  Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  2nd and 25th District Courts (Hon. Gus J. Strauss)
  For appellant:  Andy Carson
  For appellee:  David P. Long, Steven W. Ellis, Jack M. Murchison, W. Ray Whitman, Charles W. R. Brown, Donald Edward Hill, and Sam L. Banks


14-99-00287-CV

Judson 88 Partners
v.
Plunkett & Gibson, Inc. f/k/a Plunkett, Gibson & Allen, Inc. and Martha Waldron, Individually
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  334th District Court (Hon. Russell Lloyd)
  For appellant:  Geoffrey D. Weisbart, Terry Lane Scarborough, and Ellen Augusta Yeager
  For appellee:  Andrew S. Hanen


14-99-00397-CV

The Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Ports of Brazoria County, Texas
v.
Kenneth Gonzales
  AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  239th District Court (Hon. Neil Caldwell)
  For appellant:  Robert Joseph Killeen
  For appellee:  Jim Wiginton and C. Wayne Holder


14-99-00439-CV

Nathan McDade
v.
James C. Jackson
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Trial court:  333rd District Court (Hon. Tad Halbach)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Kenneth N. Knox


14-99-00554-CV

Douglas Wisdom
v.
Dennis Cain and Peggy Cain
  REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  Fort Bend County Court at Law (Hon. Larry Wagenbach)
  For appellant:  Carbett Joseph Duhon, III
  For appellee:  Charles Wist


14-99-00838-CV

Roberto Garcia Espinosa and wife, Secundina Vidales Espinosa
v.
Agustin Ruiz and wife, Juana Ruiz
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Trial court:  272nd District Court (Hon. John Delaney)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Bill Youngkin


14-99-01166-CV

Steven J. Weber and Cindy Stringer
v.
Zurich American Insurance Company
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Draughn (Draughn sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  61st District Court (Hon. John Donovan)
  For appellant:  Chris C. Pappas and David W. Holman
  For appellee:  Scott R. Hoyt


14-99-01255-CV

Royal Solaris Caribe Hotel & Marina Villas Internacionales del Carib S.A. de C.V. and Villas Solaris S.A. de C.V.
v.
David Ranselm, et al.
  AFFIRMED IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  269th District Court (Hon. John T. Wooldridge)
  For appellant:  Stephen Carrigan and Charissa C. Sebesta
  For appellee:  Lance H. Lubel and Timothy F. Lee


14-00-00048-CV

Associated Transport Line, Inc.
v.
Rapid Industrial Plastics Co., Inc.
  REVERSED AND REMANDED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 3 (Hon. Lynn Bradshaw-Hull)
  For appellant:  Larry Paul Frith
  For appellee:  Ren Patrick Rigby, Jr.


14-00-00393-CV

Barbara Y. Settle and Matthew Toomey
v.
John F. Robert
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Trial court:  Harris County Probate Court No. 1 (Hon. Russell Austin)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Robert A. Axelrad and Eleanor H. Powers


14-00-00449-CV

Anchor Paving Company d/b/a Anchor, Inc.
v.
Manhattan Construction Company, Canterbury, Stuber, Elder, Gooch & Surratt, a Professional Corporation
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Dunn
  Trial court:  80th District Court
  For appellant:  Michael C. Donovan
  For appellee:  Lee Haag


Criminal

Published:   

14-97-00729-CR

Darlene McClendon
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Edelman, and Sears
  Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  177th District Court (Hon. Carol G. Davies)
  For appellant:  William Paul Mewis and Paul A. Cooley
  For appellee:  Alan Curry


14-99-00168-CR

Francisco Rivera Aviles
v.
The State of Texas
  REVERSED AND REMANDED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Frost, and Lee (Lee sitting by assignment)
  Opinion by: Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  208th District Court (Hon. Lawrence Fuller)
  For appellant:  Matt Hennessy
  For appellee:  William J. Delmore, III


14-99-00522-CR

Edward Chilman
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Frost, and Lee (Lee sitting by assignment)
  Opinion by: Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (Hon. E. J. Law)
  For appellant:  Ross Palmie and Winston E. Cochran, Jr.
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith



 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.7)

14-98-00686-CR

Clyde Douglas Limbrick
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Draughn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Clyde Douglas Limbrick)
  For appellant:  Henry L. Burkholder, III
  For appellee:  Alan Curry


14-98-00708-CR

Roy Franklin Hearn
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Draughn, Lee, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. D. Camille Hutson-Dunn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Sam Robertson)
  For appellant:  Stanley G. Schneider
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-98-00861-CR

David Beck, Jr.
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Draughn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. Woody Denson)
  For appellant:  Kenneth W. Brauer
  For appellee:  Keli Pool Roper


14-98-01012-CR

Ray Steven Nunez
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Draughn, Lee, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  182nd District Court (Hon. Jeannine Barr)
  For appellant:  Ralph R. Martinez
  For appellee:  Keli Pool Roper

 

14-98-01036-CR
14-98-01037-CR
14-98-01038-CR

Noble Insurance Company
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel: Justices Draughn, Lee, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  174th District Court  (Hon. Brian Rains)
  For appellant:  W. Troy McKinney
  For appellee:  Mark Anthony Font


14-99-00022-CR

Orlando Paul Calloway
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  176th District Court (Hon. Brian Rains)
  For appellant:  George McCall Secrest, Jr.
  For appellee:  Dan McCrory


14-99-00066-CR

Luis Egidio Palacios
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Frost, and Maloney
  Opinion by: Hon. Frank Maloney (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  208th District Court (Hon. Denise Collins)
  For appellant:  R. P. Cornelius
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-99-00107-CR

Geronimo Garcia
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  339th District Court (Hon. Caprice Cosper)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann

14-99-00217-CR
14-99-00218-CR

Ralph Ohara Douglas
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig (Hudson not participating)
  Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  179th District Court (Hon. Mike Wilkinson)
  For appellant:  J. C. Carroll
  For appellee:  Dan McCrory


14-99-00415-CR

Arvindkumar D. Mistry
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  232nd District Court (Hon. Mary Lou Keel)
  For appellant:  George J. Parnham
  For appellee:  Peyton Peebles, III


14-99-00526-CR

Michael Anthony Sperman
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Mike Anderson)
  For appellant:  Kirk J. Oncken
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-99-00537-CR

Gloria J. McGilberry
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Opinion by: Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  278th District Court (Hon. Erwin Ernst)
  For appellant:  David S. Barron
  For appellee:  Jack Karlson Choate


14-99-00538-CR

James Edward Lewis
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Wittig and Baird
  Opinion by: Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  209th District Court (Hon. Michael McSpadden)
  For appellant:  Ken J. McLean
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-99-00650-CR

Carl Vester Young
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by: Hon. John S. Anderson
  Trial court:  174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)
  For appellant:  Floyd W. Freed, III
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-99-00685-CR

Darlene U. Hromadka
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by: Hon. Paul C. Murphy
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 (Hon. Mike Fields)
  For appellant:  Brian W. Wice
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-99-00954-CR

Shawn Joseph Richard
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Trial court:  174th District Court (Hon. George Godwin)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-00344-CR

Omar Ramirez Gomez
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  23rd District Court (Hon. Allen Stilley)
  For appellant:  Von H. Shelton
  For appellee:  David P. Bosserman


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