Texas Hague Convention Law

Md Nazmul Islam v. Pamela Bondi

Houston, Texas immigration lawyer represented the Petitioner, a native of Bangladesh, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge's denial of withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). * * * Regarding the challenge to the BIA's denial of CAT protection, "[a]n alien must show (1)... More...

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Luis Ortiz Hernandez v. Ruth Sarai Erazo

San Antonio, Texas family law lawyers represented Petition and Respondent in a matter involving an application for an order returning a child to Mexico pursuant to the Hague Convention. This case arises under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the "Hague Conventionâ€ or "Conventionâ€), Oct. 24, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. ... More...

$0 (05-01-2023 - TX)

United States of America v. Zackey Rahimi

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Dallas_TX_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Dallas, Texas"> Federal Courthouse - Dallas, Texas</a> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/texas/news/dallas/" target="_new"... More...

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Dmintry Nikolenko v. Luiza Nikolenko

<center><h2> Houston, Texas â€“ Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with considering whether (1) a Russian divorce decree deprived the trial court of subject-matter jurisdiction. </center></h2></center> The Parties' Relationship Dmitry Nikolenko ("Dmitryâ€) and Luiza Nikolenko ("Luizaâ€) were married on March 15, 2011 in Tashkent, ... More...

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Linda Carriere v. Daniel O'Brien

<center><h2> Houston, Texas â€“ Child Support Modification represented Appellant with seeking to decreas54e the amount of monthly child support payments. . </h2></center> Hector married appellee Veronica Garza in 2001, and they have two children together: a son born in 2004 and a son born in 2009. In 2012, Hector filed for divorce in Fort Be... More...

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Guillermo Orestes Puente v. Alicia Marie Puente

<center><h3><h3> Houston, Texas - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing from a final decree of divorce. </h3></center> Guillermo and Alicia married and they had two children. In March 2018, Alicia petitioned for divorce from Guillermo, citing adultery and insupportability as the grounds for divorce. At... More...

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Toni Marie Bullock v. The University of Texas at Arlington

<center><h3><h3> Fort Worth, Texas - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawyer represented Appellant with appealing dismissal of alleged violations of the ADA. </h3></center> According to her pleadings, Bullock was a student at UTA who "suffers from severe major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.â€... More...

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IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANGELINA SANDOVAL AND ANGEL SANDOVAL AND IN THE INTEREST OF A.M.S., A CHILD

<center><h3><h2>Austin, Texas - Divorce lawyer represented defendant appealing denial of a motion for new trial. </h3></center> This is an appeal of a no-answer default judgment in a divorce case. The husband, who defaulted, filed a motion for new trial, arguing equitable grounds under the Craddock standard and legal grou... More...

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United States of America v. Alejandro Carrillo

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wildlife smuggling. Alejandro Carrillo, 62, of El Paso, was charged with two-count information charging him with one count of conspiracy to traffic wildlife and one count of smuggling. Carrillo admitted to being part of a conspiracy to smuggle wildlife from the Mexico into the United States via El Paso since May 201... More...

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Ruthen James Weems v. The State of Texas

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Evangelos Pagonis v. The State of Texas

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The State of Texas v. Craig Doyal

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Nathan Victor Atkins v. The State of Texas

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Whole Woman's Health v. Charles Smith

This is an emergency appeal from an extraordinary discovery order by the district court to a religious body. The court compelled document production of the group’s internal communications despite its status as a non-litigant and its voluntary furnishing of substantial discovery materials. Because the trial date looms, and with the benefit of full briefing from both parties, we elect to consolida... More...

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Alberto Ontiveros Soto v. Veronica Lemus Contreras

Veronica Lemus Contreras (Lemus), a native and citizen of Mexico residing in the United States, challenges the denial of her grave-risk defense to Alberto Ontiveros Soto’s (Ontiveros) seeking return of their child, A.O.L., to Mexico pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention), 24 Oct. 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99–... More...

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Vitro Packaging de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. v. John Kasimir Dubiel, Jr.

In this interlocutory appeal, Mexican corporation Vitro Packaging de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Vitro Mexico), appeals the trial court’s order denying its second special appearance. In two issues, Vitro Mexico contends the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over it because the plaintiff did not serve it in accordance with The Hague Convention, a multinational treaty. For r... More...

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Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.L.C.

Houston, TX - Jury Awards Publisher $585,000 In Damages On Copyright Claim Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. sued Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors on a copy right violation theory claiming that the Defendant wrongfully copied its energy newsletters. It claimed that Defendant shared five subscriptions of "Oil Daily" with others in the investment firm who did not have subscriptions. Thirty-nin... More...

$585000 (12-08-2017 - TX)

City of Dallas v. Leslie Papierski

Appellee Leslie Papierski sued the City of Dallas after she slipped and fell on a puddle of water inside the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center arena. The City filed a plea to the jurisdiction asserting immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act. The trial court denied the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. On appeal, the City argues the trial court erred by denying its plea to t... More...

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Jessica Parker Valentine and Bryan L. Parker v. Interactive Brokers LLC

Appellants, Jessica Parker Valentine and Bryan L. Parker (the “Parkers”), challenge the trial court’s order granting the motion of appellee, Interactive Brokers LLC (“IB”), to vacate an arbitration award. In two issues, the Parkers contend that the trial court erred in vacating the award. 2 We affirm. Background In their Second Amended Statement of Claim, the Parkers, pur... More...

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United States of America v. Jose Arizmendi

Houston, TX - Justice Department Secures the Denaturalization of a Repeat Child Sex Abuser Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex abuser, restrained and enjoined him from claiming any rights, privileges, or advantages of U.S. citizenship, and ordered him to immedia... More...

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Berenice C. Diaz, individually and as next friend of J.P.L. v. James E. Monnig

Appellant Berenice Diaz, individually and as next friend of her minor child, J.P.L., sued James Monnig and John Mead asserting a variety of claims she alleged arose during Monnig’s and Mead’s representation of her former husband during a custody suit. Diaz appeals from the trial court’s summary judgments in favor of Monnig and Mead, as well as the trial court’s exclusion of summary judgmen... More...

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Jerry C. Johnson and Jacob Johnson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

This appeal arises from a suit brought by Jerry C. Johnson seeking declarations construing the terms of two insurance policies following an automobile accident in which Jerry’s son, Jacob, a minor at the time, was injured while Jerry was driving.1 See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 37.001–.011. Jerry sued State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, which had issued Jerry ... More...

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Michael Ray Senn v. The State of Texas

In his first issue, Senn argues that the evidence is insufficient to trigger the statutory enhancement under section 22.011(f). Specifically, Senn argues that there is no evidence that he was engaged in a bigamous relationship with Brenda. A. Standard of Review In our due-process review of the sufficiency of the evidence, we view all of the evidence in the light mo... More...

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United States of America v. Trey Joseph Frederick

Beaumont, TX - Jefferson County Man Sentenced for Killing Whooping Cranes A 19-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced for federal wildlife violations. Trey Joseph Frederick pleaded guilty on May 23, 2016 to a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and was sentenced to five years of federal probation. As part of his probation, Frederick is prohibited from owning or p... More...

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United States of America v. Graham Scott Criglow

Victoria, TX - Anderson Man Sentenced for Smuggling Orangutan Skulls A professional reptile breeder has entered a guilty plea to smuggling two orangutan skulls into the country from Indonesia. Graham Scott Criglow, 39, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey. Criglow was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and must serve three years of probation. “One ... More...

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Jose Isaac Reyes v. The State of Texas

In 2003, a Hidalgo County jury convicted appellant Jose Isaac Reyes of capital murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03(a)(2) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.). Reyes’s attorney filed an untimely notice of appeal, and we dismissed his appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Reyes v. State, No. 13-03-00370-CR, 2003 WL 21824503, at *1... More...

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CARLOS CASCOS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS v. TARRANT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

The legal expenses at issue arise from a suit contesting Wendy Davis’s candidacy for a state senate seat in 2008. Davis ran in the Democratic primary unopposed but faced legal challenges to her candidacy before and after the primary. Before the primary, both this Court and the court of appeals denied original mandamus proceedings by three citizens to remove Davis’s name from the<... More...

$0 (10-31-2015 - TX)

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.

The underlying dispute in this case concerns where housing for low-income persons should be constructed in Dallas, Texasâ€”that is, whether the housing should be built in the inner city or in the suburbs. This dispute comes to the Court on a disparate-impact theory of liability. In contrast to a disparate-treatment case, where a "plaintiff must establish that the defendant had a discriminator... More...

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Harry M. Whittington, et al. v. City of Austin, et al.

The City elected to take property belonging to the Whittingtons. As part of the process, the City paid a deposit into the registry of the trial court, and the deposit was later placed in an investment account with the permission of the parties. After the supreme court determined that the condemnation of the property was proper, the district court awarded the investment income to the<br... More...

$0 (01-29-2015 - TX)

Insurance Alliance v. Lake Texoma Highport, LLC and Bowood Partners, Limited

After its marina on Lake Texoma was damaged in a flood, Lake Texoma Highport, LLC sued its insurance broker, Insurance Alliance, and a London broker, Bowood Partners, Limited, because the policy in place at the time of the flood was not the policy Highport had requested. A jury returned a verdict in Highport's favor. The trial court's judgment ordered that Highport recover damages and attorney's f... More...

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Jeniffer Aloysius v. Mark Kislingbury

Appellant, Jeniffer Aloysius, challenges the trial court's judgment, entered after a trial to the court, in favor of appellee, Mark Kislingbury, in his suit against her for breach of contract, fraud, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duties. In 2 four issues, Aloysius contends that Kislingbury lacks standing to recover in his individual capacity, the evidence is legally and factually ins... More...

$0 (08-19-2014 - TX)

Farabi, Inc. v. Harris County, Texas

This case arises out of the condemnation of appellant Farabi, Inc.'s property by appellee Harris County. Farabi appeals the trial court's grant of the County's motion for partial summary judgment. Farabi argues that the County failed to meet its burden to prove as a matter of law it was entitled to summary judgment because it did not establish that the condemnation of all of Farabi's property was ... More...

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Arnold Ochoa v. The City of Palmview

In this accelerated appeal, appellant Arnold Ochoa challenges the trial court's judgment granting a plea to the jurisdiction in favor of appellee, the City of Palmview, Texas ("Palmviewâ€), on the basis of governmental immunity. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND Ochoa served as a patrolman with the Palmview Police Department beginning in 2 1995. According to Ochoa, in 2011,... More...

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TV Azteca, S.a.B. De C.V. and Patricia Chapoy v. Gloria De Los Angeles Trevino Ruiz

In this interlocutory appeal, appellants, TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. and Patricia Chapoy, challenge the trial court's granting of a temporary anti-suit injunction prohibiting 2 appellants from pursuing a lawsuit in Mexico against appellees, Gloria de los Angeles Trevino Ruiz, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Gabriel de Jesus Trevino, and Armando Ismael Gomez Martinez. We... More...

$0 (05-02-2014 - TX)

IQ Holdings, Inc., Yohanne Gupta and Saroj Gupta v. Villa D'Este Condominium Owner's Association, Inc. and Lee Blask

The parties to this appeal executed a Rule 11 settlement agreement at mediation in which they agreed, among other things, to (1) execute final settlement 2 documents to be drafted after the conclusion of the mediation and (2) return to the mediator to have her arbitrate, resolve and render a final decision in disputes "regarding the drafting of the [final settlement] agreement and in... More...

$0 (03-13-2014 - TX)

RCS Enterprises, LP and James Martin Montgomery v. Darrell G. Hilton and Debbie L. Hilton

Appellants RCS Enterprises, LP (RCS) and James Martin Montgomery filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against them by Appellees Darrell G. Hilton and Debbie L. Hilton. The trial court denied that motion, and RCS and Montgomery now appeal. They alternately seek a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to not consider the Hiltons' supplemental expert affidavit. Because we 1See Tex... More...

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Evangelos Pagons v. San Antonio Police Department Chief of Police

Evangelos Pagonis, Texas prisoner # 1626253, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1997e(c)(1) as frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. In relation to his appeal, Pagonis has filed motions to amend his appellate brief, for the appointment of... More...

$0 (12-12-2013 - TX)

Michael Gray v. City of Galveston, Texas

Michael Gray sued the City of Galveston claiming a violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act. The Act waives governmental immunity if a governmental entity takes adverse personnel action against a public employee who in good faith reports to an appropriate law enforcement authority a violation of law by another public employee. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. Â§Â§ 554.002, 554.0035 (West 2012). The Ci... More...

$0 (05-21-2013 - TX)

National Rifle Association, Inc. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Like other circuits, the panel adopted a two-step approach to interpretation of the Second Amendment. The first consideration is whether "the conduct at issue falls within the scope of the Second Amendment rightâ€ as shown by "historical traditions.â€ NRA v. ATF, 700 F.3d 185, 194 (5th Cir. 2012). The second level of consideration is to apply a type of intermediate scrutiny base... More...

$0 (04-30-2013 - TX)

New Hampshire Insurance Company v. Magellan Reinsurance Co., Ltd.

New Hampshire Insurance Company (NHIC) appeals from the trial court's order denying its motion for nonrecognition of foreign country judgments against it, which was filed for recognition by Appellee Magellan Reinsurance Co. Ltd. NHIC challenges the order in three issues, each asserting Magellan's noncompliance with the requirements for recognition of foreign country judgments under the Uniform Fo... More...

$0 (01-13-2013 - TX)