The following cases categorized as "injury or damage - motor vehicle" cases were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on April 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by State of Texas against Marvin Wayne Elmore, Keith Day and Professional Bail Bonds on Feb. 14:
The following cases categorized as "judgment nisi" cases were on the docket in the Jefferson County District Court on Feb. 14. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
A Colorado couple is claiming that ExxonMobil is paying them unreasonably low prices for carbon dioxide retrieved from their property, recent court documents state.
In previous columns, I've written about judges who have enlivened their opinions with literary references, quoted from song lyrics, movies, and television shows, and even put their judicial opinions into verse.
As movie award nomination season kicks into high gear with nominations for the Golden Globes, SAG awards, and various film critic association nods rolling out, I thought it would only be fair to recognize the best (or worst) of another major source of entertainment: the American legal system.
Whenever I spoke at Career Day at schools, I used to dread being asked The Question � no, not some little smart aleck asking "Aren't lawyers just parasites preying on society?" � but that equally difficult-to-answer inquiry, "Isn't it boring to be a lawyer?"
In the mid-1950s, law partners Elmo Willard III and Theodore Johns Sr. sued the city of Beaumont to open its recreational facilities and libraries to blacks and then sued Lamar Tech, now Lamar University, to open its doors to black students.
Joe Tonahill Jr. addresses media at Lamar University for the announcement of the $100,000 Joe Tonahill scholarship in honor of his late father. Joe Tonahill may have become known for defending Jack Ruby, but the lawyer from Jasper, Texas, may now be known for helping students go to college.