Texas Eminent Domain Law
United States of America v. Mary Francis Chupck Bennett
Brownsivlle, Texas condemnation lawyers represented the Defendant in in eminent domain case.<br> <br> Bennett contends that the government exceeded the scope of its easement<br> when it built the wall, that she therefore owns the wall, and that as a result<br> she is entitled to just compensation for the value of the wall. Bennett sought<br> to present expert testimony regarding the value of the w... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - TX)The City Keller v. John W. Wilson, et al.
Fort Worth, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a planning and zoning case.<br> <br> The City of Keller is one of several fast-growing communities on the outskirts of Fort Worth.1 As part of that growth, the City approved plans for two new subdivisions, Estates of Oak Run and Rancho Serena, including plans for storm water drainage.<br> <br> The Wilsons own property southeast... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Lindsay Smith
<font color="red"><h2><br> Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intoxication manslaughter. <br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> Lindsay Smith was accused to driving drunk in 2022 and killing an off-duty Poteet officer in North Austin, Texas.<br> <br> The fatal crash occurred on June 29, 2022, when Smith drove through a barricade on the northbound service... More...
$0 (06-14-2024 - TX)United States of America v. Jeremiah Sam Evans Miller, aka “John The Devâ€
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy and violating the computer fraud and abuse act related to the operation of a booter service.<br> <br> As part of an ongoing initiative targeting computer attack "booter†services, the Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 13 internet domains associated with these DDoS-for-hir... More...
$0 (04-06-2023 - TX)Richard DeVillier, et al. v. State of Texas
Houston, Texas eminent domain lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on an inverse condemnation theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the 253rd Judicial District Court of Chambers County, 20-DCV-0300, and was removed to federal court by the State of Texas.<br> <br> Property Owners filed suits in Texas state courts claiming that the flooding of their land by the State of Texas constitu... More...
$0 (03-23-2023 - TX)CL III Funding Holding Company, LLC v. Steelhead Midstream Partners, LLC; Strategic Energy Income Fund III, LP; Eagleridge Energy II, LLC; and Eagleridge Midstream, LLC
<center><h2><font color="red">Fort Worth, Texas – Real Estate lawyer represented Appellant with a fractured and contentious†relationship between two pipeline co-owners. </center></h2></font></b></i></center>.<br> <br> This case centers on the "[h]ighly fractured and contentious†relationship <br> between two pipeline co-owners—Appellant CL III Funding Holding Company, LL... More...
$0 (11-26-2022 - TX)Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 v. Magellan Pipeline Company, L. P. and V-Tex Logistics LLC
<center><h2><font color="red"> Houston, Texas – Civil Litigation lawyer represented Appellant with rather governmental entity is immune from a suit to condemn a portion of its property for an easement. </center></h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> A. The Pipeline Project<br> Magellan Pipeline Company, LP and V-Tex Logistics, LLC are pipeline <br> companies, and each owns its own pipeline... More...
$0 (11-23-2022 - TX)Regina Long v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Austin, Texas – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant charged with a failing to provide necessary food, water, care, or shelter†for dogs on her property charge. </center></h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The State alleged that appellant failed "unreasonably to provide necessary food, water, care, or shelter†for dogs on her property ... More...
$0 (09-22-2022 - TX)Almeater Wilson Turner v. The State of Texas
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a deadly conduct––discharging a firearm at a person charge. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In February 2020, Turner pleaded guilty to deadly conduct––discharging a<br> firearm at a person––in exchange for seven years... More...
$0 (05-17-2022 - TX)Almeater Wilson Turner v. The State of Texas
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red">Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a deadly conduct––discharging a firearm at a person charge.</h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In February 2020, Turner pleaded guilty to deadly conduct––discharging a<br> firearm at a person––in exchange for seven years' d... More...
$0 (01-23-2022 - TX)WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; WARNER BROS. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, INC. D/B/A WARNER BROS. ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES; TMZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.; EHM PRODUCTION, INC. D/B/A TMZ; TMZ.COM; AND ELIZABETH MCKERNAN, PETITIONERS, v. ROBERT JONES, RESPONDENT
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Austin, Texas - Defamation lawyer represented defendant with a defamation lawsuit charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Robert Jones is a former Dallas Cowboys football star who played ten seasons in the<br> National Football League (NFL). His illustrious career is marked by several notable<br> accomplishments: first-round draft pick in 1992, NFL Roo... More...
$0 (08-25-2021 - TX)Courtlyn Levine aka Courtlyn LevineNewton v. The State of Texas
Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Aggravated Assault<br> <br> <br> In 2018, Appellant Courtlyn Levine (aka Courtlyn Levinenewton) pleaded<br> guilty to the offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and the trial court<br> placed him on deferred adjudication community supervision. In 2019, the trial court<br> proceeded to adjudicate Appellant guilty and sentenced him to fourtee... More...
$0 (09-28-2020 - TX)Daniel Flores Jr. v. The State of Texas
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://archive.gosanangelo.com/Services/image.ashx?domain=www.gosanangelo.com&file=flores_joseph_d_6128064_ver1.0_640_480.jpg&resize=200*258"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> The trial court’s certification in this appeal states that “this criminal case is a plea-bargain <br> case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.�... More...
$0 (03-06-2019 - TX)Ex parte Dennis Lee Odom
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://thumbs.mugshots.com/gallery/images/50/13/Dennis-Lee-Odom-mugshot-34243194.400x800.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> Chapter 62 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure contains provisions that <br> relate to the “Sex Offender Registration Program.” TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. Arts. <br> 62.001–.408. A repor... More...
$0 (12-22-2018 - TX)Jack Gerald Larkins a/k/a Jerry Larkins a/k/a Gerald Jack Larkins a/k/a Jack Gearold Larkins a/k/a Jack Larkins v. The State of Texas
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" http://archive.caller.com/Services/image.ashx?domain=www.caller.com&file=C0013752379--642439.JPG&resize=660*439 "><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Larkins was arrested for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping that allegedly occurred on March 8, 2017. He was taken to the police station and interrogated. After waivin... More...
$0 (10-19-2018 - TX)Nathan Victor Atkins v. The State of Texas
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$0 (10-19-2018 - TX)United States of America v. Simone Swenson
We decide whether the district court abused its discretion by dismissing an indictment with prejudice because the prosecution missed pretrial discovery deadlines, mistakenly withheld some relevant documents until the eve of trial, and committed other errors that led the district court to conclude the “integrity of the prosecution ha[d] been destroyed.” We reverse the dismissal order and remand... More...
$0 (07-03-2018 - TX)John William King v. Lorie Davis
John William King was convicted and sentenced to death by a Texas jury for the capital murder of James Byrd. After his direct appeal and state habeas applications failed, King sought federal habeas relief. The district court denied King’s petition. This court then granted a certificate of appealability on one claim: that King’s trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in presenting the c... More...
$0 (03-15-2018 - TX)United States of America, ex rel. Paul J. Solomon v. Lockheed Martin Corporation; Northrop Gruman Systems Corporation
Paul Solomon brought a False Claims Act action against his employer Northrop Grumman and against Lockheed Martin for making false claims against the government. On a motion for summary judgment, the district court held that it lacked jurisdiction over Solomon’s claims based on the Act’s public disclosure bar. We AFFIRM.<br> FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> Paul Solomon worked for Northrop... More...
$0 (12-25-2017 - TX)Lyda Swinerton Builders, Inc. v. Oklahoma Surety Company
This case involves several issues of Texas law relating to an insurer’s duty to defend and the damages that an insured may recover when an insurer breaches that duty. The district court, after disposing of much of the case through a series of partial summary judgment rulings and conducting a bench trial on one remaining claim, issued a final judgment that largely (though not entirely) favored th... More...
$0 (12-25-2017 - TX)Linda S. Restrepo and Carlos E. Restrepo d/b/a Collectively RDI Global Services and R&D International v. Alliance Riggers & Constructors, LTD
Appellants, Linda S. Restrepo and Carlos E. Restrepo d/b/a Collectively RDI Global Services and R & D International, appeal from a judgment awarding damages in the amount of $125,775 to Appellee, Alliance Riggers & Constructors, Ltd. (Alliance Riggers).1 We affirm.<br> FACTUAL SUMMARY<br> Alliance Riggers has been in operation since 1978, and its business includes crane service as well as pre-cast... More...
$0 (09-23-2017 - TX)United States of America v. Amechi Clovis Amuegbunam
Dallas, TX - Nigerian Man Sentenced for Role in “Business Email Compromise” Scheme That Caused $3.7 Million Loss to U.S. Companies<br> <br> A Nigerian citizen in the U.S. on a student visa was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $615,555.12 in restitution for his role in what has become known as a “Business Email Compromise... More...
$0 (09-01-2017 - TX)BC Ranch II, L.P. a/k/a Bosque Canyon Ranch II, L.P.; BC Ranch I, Inc., Tax Matter Partners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Petitioners-Appellants, BC Ranch I, L.P. (“BCR I”), and B.C. Ranch II, L.P. (“BCR II”), (collectively the “BCR Partnerships” or “Appellants”), claim that Respondent-Appellee, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (the “Commissioner”), wrongfully disallowed their charitable deductions for two conservation easements. Appellants contend that in ruling for the Commission, the Tax Co... More...
$0 (08-11-2017 - TX)Eric Drake v. Stephen Walker, et al.
In this opinion, we must decide two issues of first impression. First, we address whether the filing of a petition pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202 to “investigate” a “potential” health care liability claim triggers the requirement of a plaintiff to file an expert report pursuant to section 74.351(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 202; TEX. ... More...
$0 (07-12-2017 - TX)Clinton W. (Buddy) Pike, Sr., Daniel L. Walker, W. Tobin Wilson, VHSC Cement, LLC and Few Ready Mix Concrete Co. v. Texas EMC Management, LLC, Texas EMC Products, LP and EMC Cement, BV
In numerous issues, appellants, Clinton W. Pike Sr., Daniel L. Walker, W. Tobin Wilson, VHSC Cement, LLC, and Few Ready Mix Concrete, challenge a judgment in favor of appellees, Texas EMC Management, LLC, Texas EMC Products, LP, and EMC Cement, BV, stemming from the breakup of a partnership and the subsequent purchase of the partnership’s assets at a foreclosure sale. In a cross-appeal, EMC Mana... More...
$0 (06-06-2017 - TX)Tim Wooters v. Unitech International, Inc.
In this appeal from a judgment for conspiracy to breach a fiduciary duty, we determine whether sufficient evidence supports a finding that a non-employee conspired to aid an employee’s breach of fiduciary duty to his employer. Unitech International, Inc. sued two former employees when it discovered that those<br> 2<br> employees had stolen Unitech’s trade secrets in preparation for launching a... More...
$0 (01-26-2017 - TX)Walter B. Saner v. BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC
BridgeTex is a limited liability company engaged in the location and construction of a pipeline in Texas for the transportation of crude petroleum. The pipeline is intended to transport crude petroleum from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast. In January 2013, the Texas Railroad Commission designated BridgeTex as a common carrier and granted it a T-4 permit. Pursuant to its designation as... More...
$0 (07-21-2016 - TX)United States of America v. Benjamin Earnest Nichols
Dallas, TX - Oklahoma City Man Faces 10 Years in Federal Prison After Admitting He Transmitted Program or Code to a Protected Computer<br> <br> Benjamin Earnest Nichols, 37, of Oklahoma City, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to an Information charging one count of knowingly causing the transmission of a program or code to a protected computer, announced U.S. ... More...
$0 (04-08-2016 - TX)In the Interest of A.K., a child
Appellant father (“Father”) appeals the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to his child, A.K.1 Father challenges: (1) the “aggravated circumstances” findings in the temporary orders; and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s finding that termination was in the best interest of the child. We affirm the trial court’s termination order.2 B... More...
$0 (02-17-2016 - TX)In the Interest of A.K., a child
In August 2014, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (“the <br> Department”) received information that two-year-old A.K. was being physically abused. A.K. had <br> been in the care of Father since she was ten-months-old, but Father’s girlfriend, “Ronda,” was <br> In accordance with Rule 9.8 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we will refer to the child and relev... More...
$0 (02-17-2016 - TX)W&T Offshore, Inc. v. Apache Corporation
The parties tried this contract dispute to a jury in December 2014 after three years of <br> litigation. The jury found that the plaintiff, W &T Offshore, Inc., failed to show that the defendant, <br> Apache Corporation, had breached the parties' Production Handling Agreement. Apache filed a bill <br> of costs seeking more than $650,000, including over $500,00 in fees for its expert witnesses to a... More...
$0 (11-18-2015 - TX)Netsphere, Inc., et al v. Jeffrey Baron
As a general rule, the courts of appeals have jurisdiction only over the final decisions of the district courts. There are certain exceptions and qualifications to that principle, however. In this case we must decide whether any of them allow us to review several district court orders which, pursuant to the mandate of an earlier decision of our court, awarded fees to a receiver before final judg... More...
$0 (08-15-2015 - TX)United States of America v. Matthew Norman Simpson
Our court previously remanded this case to the district court after reversing one of Matthew Simpson’s convictions.1 Simpson was resentenced and now appeals that sentence on several grounds, asserting, among other claims, that 18 U.S.C. § 3581(b)(3) imposes a statutory maximum sentence of twelve years for a Class C felony and that the district court accordingly erred in imposing 240 months of i... More...
$0 (08-12-2015 - TX)Enbridge G & P (East Texas) L.P. v. Ben Samford and wife Bette Ann Samford, Cecil Jackson and wife Michelle Jackson and Sammy Monk
This is a condemnation case involving three tracts of land with separate ownership. Enbridge G & P (East Texas) L.P. appeals an award of damages in favor of the landowner condemnees, Ben Samford and wife, Bette Ann Samford; Cecil Jackson and wife, Michele Jackson; and Sammy Monk. In six issues, Enbridge complains of charge error and the failure of the trial court to exclude inadmissible damage tes... More...
$0 (07-31-2015 - TX)In the Interest of L.L.W., S.Y.W. and L.D.L., children
Appellant mother (“Mother”) appeals from a trial court’s order terminating her parental rights. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (“the Department”) moved to terminate Mother’s parental rights on numerous grounds. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. §§ 161.001(A)–(G), (I)–(K), (N)–(R), 161.003 (West 2014). After a hearing, the trial court found Mother’s parental righ... More...
$0 (07-15-2015 - TX)In the Interest of LG, a child
Appellant mother (“Mother”) appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child, L.G. Mother does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings under section 161.001(1) of the Texas Family Code (“the Code”), but contends the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that terminati... More...
$0 (07-08-2015 - TX)In the Int of MC, MC, MC, MC, and MC, Children
Appellant father ("Fatherâ€) and appellant mother ("Motherâ€) separately appeal the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to their five children. On appeal, neither parent challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court's findings relating to the statutory grounds for termination. Rather, both contend the evidence is legally and factually insufficien... More...
$0 (05-18-2015 - TX)In the Interest of J.R. and T.R.
Appellant father ("Fatherâ€) and appellant mother ("Motherâ€) separately appeal the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to their children, J.R. and T.R. On appeal, neither Father nor Mother challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court's findings under section 161.001(1) of the Texas Family Code. Rather, Father raises a single issue contending his... More...
$0 (05-06-2015 - TX)United States of America v. Milos Vujanic
DALLAS, TX — Milos Vujanic, 34, who was convicted for his role in what U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater previously called "a massive, complicated, multi-year scheme to defraud a large number of victims,†was sentenced this week to 48 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $17.3 million in restitution. Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker, of the Northern District... More...
$0 (04-01-2015 - TX)Osama Abdullatif v. Erpile, LLC and Ali Choudhri
In this appeal from the judgment of a Harris County civil court at law, no<br> one challenges the trial court's judgment regarding the original plaintiff's claim<br> against the original defendant. Instead, the defendant argues that the trial court<br> lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the intervenor's claims. We agree. We<br> additionally conclude that the trial court lacked subject-matter ... More...
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