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Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED JUNE 8, 2000


Civil

Published:  

14-97-01046-CV

Mark T. Sandoval
v.
Commission for Lawyer Discipline
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Draughn, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  189th District Court (Hon. Scott Wisch)
  For appellant:  Wayne Paris
  For appellee:  Marshall D. Brown, Jr. and Linda A. Acevedo


14-98-00118-CV

In the Interest of K.R., a Child
  REVERSED AND REMANDED (on en banc rehearing)
  Justices:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Yates, Amidei, Anderson, Hudson, Fowler, Edelman, Wittig, Frost, and Draughn (Draughn sitting by assignment)
  Majority Opinion by: Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Concurring Opinion by: Hon. Don Wittig
  Dissenting Opinion by: Hon. Joe L. Draughn
  Trial court:  246th District Court (Hon. Don Ritter)
  For appellant:  Miriam J. Riskind
  For appellee:  Bruce S. Powers


14-98-00239-CV

Diane S. Mattley
v.
Spiegal, Inc. and First Consumers National Bank
  REVERSED AND RENDERED
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Frost
  Opinion by: Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
  Trial court:  270th District Court (Hon. Richard Hall)
  For appellant:  Lori Massey Cliffe
  For appellee:  Billy Martin Donley and Shari L. Heyen


14-98-00431-CV

Evenor Rivas and Continental Casualty Insurance Co.
v.
The City of Houston and Joel Calfee
  AFFIRMED (on rehearing)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, Draughn (Draughn sitting by assignment)
  Supplemental Opinion on Rehearing by: Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
  Dissent to denial of motion for rehearing by: Hon. Don Wittig
  Trial court:  151st District Court (Hon. Caroline E. Baker)
  For appellant:  Bill Robins and Robert Perry McConnell
  For appellee:  Richard John Urra and Andrea Chan


14-99-00026-CV

Wayne Dolcefino, KTRK Television, Inc., CC Texas Holding Co., Inc., Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., Henry Florsheim, and David Gwizdowski
v.
Cynthia Everette Randolph and Lloyd E. Kelley
  REVERSED AND RENDERED (on rehearing)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Frost
  Opinion by: Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  55th District Court (Hon. Kathleen Stone)
  For appellant:  Charles L. Babcock, Leslie Garcia Ashby, David Timothy Moran, and Robert Parke Latham
  For appellee:  Ron M. Cohen, Richard D. Raymond, and J. Marcus Hill



 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority.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

14-98-01207-CV

Lester W. Land and Russell B. Hammond
v.
The Dow Chemical Company and Delbert Whitt
  AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson
  Opinion by: Hon. John S. Anderson
  Trial court:  23rd District Court (Hon. Ben Hardin)
  For appellant:  Mark Siurek
  For appellee:  John R. Gilbert


14-00-00064-CV

The Houston Independent School District
v.
The Texas Education Agency, The Texas Commissioner of Education Michael Moses, and Beverly Goodie
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Trial court:  215th District Court
  For appellant:  David G. Hodgins
  For appellee:  Christopher L. Tritico and George Warner


14-00-00073-CV

Roll-Offs of America, Inc.
v.
Waste Resources, Inc.
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Wittig and Frost
  Trial court:  280th District Court (Hon. Tony Lindsay)
  For appellant:  Andrew Korn
  For appellee:  Bruce M. Daniel


14-00-00496-CV

Benny Eugene Trimble
v.
Chu Van Dinh, William Shelby, Dick Cason, and Cecilia Okoye
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Trial court:  234rd District Court (Hon. Ben Hardin)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Angel Luis Reyes


Criminal

Published:   

14-99-00109-CR
14-99-00111-CR

John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner
v.
The State of Texas
  REVERSED AND RENDERED
  Panel: Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Anderson and Hudson
  Majority Opinion by: Hon. John S. Anderson
  Dissenting Opinion by: Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 10 (Hon. Sherman A. Ross)
  For appellant:  Mitchell Katine, Suzanne B. Goldberg, and Ruth E. Harlow
  For appellee:  William J. Delmore, III



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

14-98-00308-CR

Lorrin W. Scranton
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  155th District Court (Hon. Dan R. Beck)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Laura Gonzalez


14-98-00324-CR

International Fidelity Insurance Company
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Edelman, and Wittig (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Richard H. Edelman
  Trial court:  337th District Court (Hon. Jim Barr)
  For appellant:  W. Troy McKinney
  For appellee:  Mark Anthony Font


14-98-00593-CR

Michael Wade Tramble
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. H. Lon Harper)
  For appellant:  Kenneth W. Brauer
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-98-00857-CR

Kevin DeWayne Lavigne
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Dunn (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  180th District Court (Hon. Debbie M. Stricklin)
  For appellant:  Lucinda Kay Marshall
  For appellee:  Kelly Ann Smith


14-98-00968-CR

Michael James Pipkin
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Cannon, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by: Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  262nd District Court (Hon. Doug Shaver)
  For appellant:  James M. Leitner
  For appellee:  Keli Pool Roper


14-99-00214-CR

Frank Virgil
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Trial court:  228th District Court (Hon. Ted Poe)
  For appellant:  Stephen Morris
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-99-00538-CR

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


14-99-00701-CR

Steve O'Neal Green
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Hudson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  272nd District Court (Hon. John Delaney)
  For appellant:  Bruce L. Erratt
  For appellee:  Bill R. Turner

14-99-00919-CR

Bhogeshwernand Sharma
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Trial court:  228th District Court (Hon. Ted Poe)
  For appellant:  Brian W. Wice
  For appellee:  William J. Delmore, III


14-99-01256-CR
14-99-01257-CR
14-99-01260-CR

Juan Hermilo Mejia
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel: Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Sears (Sears sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  272nd District Court  (Hon. John Delaney)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Bill R. Turner


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