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Jury Plaza and Building - Harris County - Downtown Houston 17 Aug 2013 | 03:22 am
Harris County Courthouse Square Criminal Justice Center (criminal courts) seen from Jury Plaza Harris County Civil Courthouse on Caroline Harris County Civil Courthouse and multi-level parking gara...
Harris County 1910 Courthouse (photos after restoration and historical marker) 16 Jul 2013 | 06:24 am
Harris County 1910 Courthouse, now the seat of two Court of Appeals 301 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77002 Cases and Case Law from the Houston Courts of Appeals
Houston Court of Appeals for the 14th District now resides in restored 1910 Harris County Courthouse (image) 10 Jan 2013 | 11:58 pm
Cases and Case Law from the Houston Courts of Appeals
Photo of Harris County Civil Courthouse which houses District Courts (Civil Division), County Civil Courts at Law, and probate courts 10 Jan 2013 | 11:57 pm
Cases and Case Law from the Houston Courts of Appeals
Houston's First Court of Appeals based in old Harris County Courthouse after massive renovation project that did not alter its appearance much 10 Jan 2013 | 10:27 am
Cases and Case Law from the Houston Courts of Appeals
City of Houston v. Esparza progeny: Another interlocutory appeal by the City in a car wreck case goes nowhere, but back to the trial court 1 Jun 2012 | 02:51 pm
The City of Houston v. Lackey, NO. 01-11-00248-CV (Tex.App. – Houston [1st Dist.] May 31, 2012) (City’s jurisdictional defense in suit brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act rejected; trial court’s d...
The City of Houston v. Guzman 1 Jun 2012 | 02:37 pm
More of the same: City of Houston insists on going forward with appeals on immunity issue it has already lost on in several prior cases. Here is the first of two more such tort claims cases decided by...
Consideration in the context of a guaranty agreement - What was in it for the guarantor? Does it matter? 25 May 2012 | 04:06 pm
Benefit conferred to support the validity of a guaranty contract need not go to the guarantor directly, as explained in Garza v. C. Paul Evans (Tex.App- Houston [1stDist.] 2012), issued today. Lack-of...
Enforceability of Rule 11 Settlement Agreement – Important opinion issued - General Metal Fabricating Corporation v Stergiou 25 May 2012 | 03:34 pm
Agreed interlocutory appeal of two summary judgment orders: one concluding that the rule 11 agreement executed by appellants/cross-appellees—Arnold Curry, General Metal Fabricating Corporation, and GM...
Another appeal in City of Houston car wreck litigation 25 May 2012 | 02:00 pm
Since it offers a nice compilation of the prior decisions on the same issue -- the city's effort to get immunity both for itself and its employee -- first the concurring opinion by Justice Brown: Cit...