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Historical Opinions

Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, Texas

OPINIONS DATED NOVEMBER 16, 2000


Civil

Published:  

14-98-00983-CV

Mark Green et ux. Jean Green
v.
Colleen Canon
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Cannon, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  56th District Court (Hon. Norma Venso)
  For appellant:  Kenneth C. Kaye
  For appellee:  Delia M. Stephens


14-99-00045-CV

Coastal Chem, Inc.
v.
John Brown, A Division of Trafalgar House Inc., and Davy McKee Corporation, now known as Kvaerner John Brown, A Division of Kvaerner U.S., Inc.
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Amidei, Anderson, and Frost
  Opinion by:   Hon. Maurice Amidei
  Trial court:  333rd District Court (Hon. Joseph Halbach)
  For appellant:  Andrew Wooley, James Andrew Freeman, and Everard A. Marseglia
  For appellee:  Richard W. Avery, Louis B. Paine, and Sandra S. Hall


14-99-00825-CV

Dennis Carlton, Individually and as Representative of All Persons Similarly Situated
v.
Trinity Universal Insurance Company
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Frost, and Cannon
  Opinion by:   Hon. Kem Thompson Frost
  Trial court:  56th District Court (Hon. Norma Venso)
  For appellant:  Mary F. Keller, Christopher A. Kesler, Sylvia Davidow, Donald B. McFall
  For appellee:  John McEldowney, Scott Derek Daniel, and Roger D. Higgins


14-99-00880-CV

Ivory Keith Kiser
v.
Original, Inc. f/k/a Carrabbas, Inc., Carrabas/Texas Limited Partnership, Carrabas of Houston Limited and Carrabas Italian Grill, Inc.
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Hudson and Wittig
  Opinion by:   Hon. Don Wittig
  Trial court:  164th District Court (Hon. Katie Kennedy)
  For appellant:  Mark Siurek
  For appellee:  Gerald T. Holtzman and Norma Laura Erazo de Santos


 
Unpublished: (Opinions not designated for publication have no precedential value and must not be cited as authority.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

14-98-00678-CV

Woodforest National Bank, As Successor in the Interest by Merger to National Bank of Conroe; Pro Bank and Robert W. Koehler, Individually and doing business as Georgian Bay Construction
v.
Clyde Griesenbeck and Sons, Inc.
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Draughn, and Lee (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Opinion by:   Hon. Norman Lee (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  333rd District Court (Hon. Joseph Halbach)
  For appellant:  Christopher B. Allen and Preston C. Goodwin
  For appellee:  Gary L. Crofford


14-99-00713-CV

Theodore S. Smylie Jr.
v.
First Interstate Bank, Texas, and Metro National Corporation
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Leslie Brock Yates
  Trial court:  Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 (Hon. Tom Sullivan)
  For appellant:  Robert William Higgason
  For appellee:  Richard Paul Martini and Jack W. Tucker, Jr.


14-99-01076-CV

Charles Rinehart, James Holt, and Thomas Davis
v.
Wallace R. Britton, Sr., and Nancy Murphy as next friend of Norman Britton
  REVERSED AND RENDERED
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Fowler, and Frost
  Opinion by:   Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
  Trial court:  240th District Court (Hon. Thomas R. Culver, III)
  For appellant:  Richard D. Naylor
  For appellee:  Monica Celeste Vaughan


14-00-00497-CV

Roger Beathard Individually and d/b/a Beathard Joint Venture
v.
The West Houston Airport Corporation
  DISMISSED
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Opinion by:   Hon. Wanda McKee Fowler
  Trial court:  61st District Court (Hon. John Donovan)
  For appellant:  Raymond H. Stauffacher, Jr.
  For appellee:  George Andrew Coats


14-00-00769-CV

Approximately $4,251.00
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  11th District Court (Hon. P.K. Reiter)
  For appellant:  Timothy A. Hootman
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-01136-CV

Jeffrey Balawajder
v.
Richard G. Belanger, G. J. Gomez, Robert A. Stauber, Bradley Bachmann, and Richard Lossow
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  12th District Court (Hon. Erwin Ernst, Sr.)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  John Cornyn and Nathan Horn


Criminal

Published:  

14-97-00223-CR

Brian Steven PreJean
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (majority opinion by Justice Cannon was delivered on October 26, 2000)
  Panel:  Justices Sears, Cannon, and Draughn (Metropolitan Court Backlog Reduction Task Force)
  Dissenting Opinion by:   Hon. Ross A. Sears (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. Lon Harper)
  For appellant:  Don D. Becker
  For appellee:  S. Elaine Roch


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

14-99-00208-CR

Terry L. Gray
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Hudson, Wittig, and Baird
  Majority Opinion by:   Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Dissenting Opinion by:  Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  184th District Court (Hon. Jan Krocker)
  For appellant:  Tony Aninao
  For appellee:  Keli Pool Roper


14-99-00305-CR

Julian Carl Hutto
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Edelman, and Baird
  Opinion by:   Hon. Charles F. Baird (sitting by assignment)
  Trial court:  230th District Court (Hon. Belinda Hill)
  For appellant:  Pamela B. Williams
  For appellee:  Barbara Anne Drumheller


14-99-00540-CR

Leroy Delgado
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Wittig, and Frost
  Trial court:  185th District Court (Hon. Charles Heard)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-99-00664-CR

Rodney Clayton Driskill
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Opinion by:   Hon. J. Harvey Hudson
  Trial court:  248th District Court (Hon. Joan Campbell)
  For appellant:  David Cunningham
  For appellee:  Peyton Peebles, III


14-99-00883-CR

Patricia Johnson
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Opinion by:   Hon. Paul Murphy
  Trial court:  232nd District Court (Hon. Mary Lou Keel)
  For appellant:  Kent A. Schaffer
  For appellee:  Carmen Castillo Mitchell


14-99-01121-CR

Eric J. Dorsey
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Opinion by:   Hon. Maurice Amidei
  Trial court:  230th District Court (Hon. Belinda Hill)
  For appellant:  Terrence A. Gaiser
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-00525-CR
14-00-00526-CR

Steven Michael Jacobsen
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Yates, Wittig, and Frost
  Trial court:  338th District Court  (Hon. Elsa Alcala)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-00910-CR

James Anthony Griffin
v.
The State of Texas
  AFFIRMED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Chief Justice Murphy and Justices Amidei and Hudson
  Trial court:  337th District Court (Hon. Don Stricklin)
  For appellant:  Pro se
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


14-00-01283-CR
14-00-01284-CR

Jason Domingo Guzman
v.
The State of Texas
  DISMISSED (Per curiam)
  Panel:  Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Edelman
  Trial court:  339th District Court  (Hon. Caprice Cosper)
  For appellant:  Barbara Anne Drumheller
  For appellee:  Calvin A. Hartmann


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