Case law

In Re Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office

50 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 733 · Texas Supreme Court · May 4, 2007

readily available. [27] Indeed, while insisting he needs live testimony to prove Blank's malice, Crudup's brief concedes that the prosecution file contains all the evidence he needs: "The notes of District Attorney McCabe clearly … In addressing disclosure of any such oral witness statements, the Hickman Court noted that: Such testimony could not qualify as evidence; and to use it for impeachment or corroborative purposes would make the attorney much

GUERRA, RIGOBERTO Jr.

Texas Supreme Court · Oct 26, 2015

JustAnswer is not intended or designed for EMERGENCY questions which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. … "Circumstantial evidence is as probative as direct evidence in establishing the guilt of an actor, and •• circumstantial evidence alone can be sufficient to establish guilt." Hooper v.

Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust

52 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 55 · Texas Supreme Court · Aug 29, 2008

Because there are clearly difficulties and technological limitations in these expensive but necessary operations, the law should be flexible in considering them. … Coastal's argument on the issue clearly was an attempt to defuse the problem created by the offensive evidence and testimony.

Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Chemical Lime, Ltd.

52 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 929 · Texas Supreme Court · Jun 26, 2009

In a few emergencies, we have issued judgments or orders with opinions to follow. [33] For example, in In re Doe we issued a judgment on March 10, 2000 and the opinions three months later. [34] In such cases, we clearly intended … Reg. 1393 , 1405 (1997). [36] An acre-foot of water—43,560 cubic feet— is equal to about 325,851 gallons. [37] The Authority acknowledges that governmental immunity from suit is waived by section 36.251 of the Texas Water

First American Title Insurance Co. v. Combs

51 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 880 · Texas Supreme Court · May 16, 2008

Thus, the administrative responsibilities of filling out forms and remitting the full premium tax do not qualify as "other obligations" under Article 21.46. [52] D. … the Comptroller's interpretation of "directly imposed" were entitled to more serious consideration, the plain language of the rest of the statute makes clear that the new interpretation is unreasonable. [30] The statute clearly

Garza, Humberto

Texas Supreme Court · Mar 20, 2015

As Buntion explained, a ministerial act is one "clearly compelled by the facts and legal authority extant in a given situation." 827 S.W. 2d at 947. … So you only clearly remember one occasion -- 10 A. Once. Uh-huh. 11 Q. -- before the guilty verdict? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q.

Peyton, Ex Parte Jeffrey

Texas Supreme Court · Jun 21, 2016

Motion for Disclosure of Expert Witnesses The above defendant requests that the State provide the names and addresses of all witnesses that qualify under Tex. R. Evid. … This offense qualifies as Capital Murder because Appellant employed another to commit murder for remuneration and the promise thereof. TEX.

Dimock Operating Company, and Joe W. Dimock, D/B/A Dimock Petroleum v. Sutherland Energy Co., LLC

Texas Supreme Court · Oct 19, 2015

The "term" of the Agreement is clearly defined. … Expenditures that qualify fnr Major Construction or Catastrophe Overhead shall not qualify for overhead under any 34 other overhead provisions. 35 36 In the event of any conflict between the provisions

Compass Bank v. Francisco Calleja-Ahedo

Texas Supreme Court · Dec 20, 2017

Mueller stated clearly, positively, and directly, “the account agreement [2012] evidences the agreement in effect between the Plaintiff and Compass Bank.” CR203, ¶8. … SUB-ACCOUNTS We nray establish two "sub-accountí on our books for ceftain deposit accounts lf ne ekxl to establish tte sub-accounls, ìt r,vill not ¡flect thc othcr telms a¡d condil¡ons of your accounl or this Agreemenl,

the Dallas Morning News, Inc. and Kevin Krause v. Lewis Hall and Richard Hall, Individually and on Behalf of Rxpress Pharmacies and Xpress Compounding

Texas Supreme Court · Dec 21, 2017

The News cannot simply tack on qualifiers such as “according to the lawsuit” or “as alleged” to escape liability. … To accept The News’ argument would be to grant media defendants literal immunity from defamation liability so long as they qualify a statement by attributing it to a third-party’s allegation.

the Dallas Morning News, Inc. and Kevin Krause v. Lewis Hall and Richard Hall, Individually and on Behalf of Rxpress Pharmacies and Xpress Compounding

Texas Supreme Court · Dec 21, 2017

Clearly Petitioners request for judicial notice is improper and should not be granted. 2 The request is conditional upon this Court’s ruling on the Motion for Judicial Notice filed by Petitioners. … DAVID BELL: And I'm going to continue 24 to object that you're asking him to give a legal opinion 25 he's not qualified to make.