The Dallas Bar Appellate Law Section will be having its June meeting on Thursday, June 22nd, at noon at the Belo Mansion. Leane Medford of Polsinelli Shughart, P.C. will be speaking on the topic of E-Briefs and E-Records in the Appellate Courts. One hour of CLE credit is available.
Post-judgment injunction upheld
Appellate Rule 24.4(a) sets out the matters that an appellate court may review with respect to posting of supersedeas. Review of a post-judgment injunction order under Rule 24.2(d) is not among those items. Appellant Hydroscience Technologies, Inc. obtained review of an order granting a post-judgment injunction in Hydroscience Technologies, Inc. v. Hydroscience, Inc.
The
Appellate Trends
Kirk Pittard of Kelly Durham & Pittard, LLP will be speaking on "Trends in Rulings by the Texas Courts of Appeals" at the May meeting of the Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section. The meeting will be at noon on Thursday, May 17th at the Belo Mansion. One hour of CLE credit is available.
Is a Judgment Included in a Net Worth Calculation?
The El Paso Court of Appeals has become the most recent appellate court to weigh in on the issue of whether the judgment that is being appealed should be included on a balance sheet insofar as determining an appellant’s net worth for supersedeas bond purposes.
In Business Staffing Inc. v. Jackson Hot Oil Service, Jackson
Spring Appellate CLE Opportunities
There are a couple of Appellate Continuing Legal Education opportunities on the horizon that I will call out for you.
First, on May 31st and June 1st, the 22nd Annual UT Conference on State and Federal Appeals will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The program for registration may be
Offer of Settlement: No extension of deadlines to respond
The Tyler Court of Appeals has held that a trial court has no authority to extend the deadline for a party to respond to an offer of settlement made under Texas Civil Procedure Rule 167. In In re Complete Rx, Ltd., Good Shepherd Hospital sued Complete Rx for an accounting. Complete RX invoked
Mandamus for Discovery of Personal Computer Hard Drive
The Dallas Court of Appeals granted a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court ordered production of a personal computer hard drive and e-mail account.
Misty Jordan sued Gajekse, Inc. alleging that she was subjected to a hostile work environment and then fired for reporting it. The trial court
Net Worth and Supersedeas
“supersedeas” “net worth” “abuse of discretion”
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Continuing Education opportunity
The Dallas Bar Association Appellate Law Section is having its monthly meeting Thursday, March 15, 2012, at noon at the Belo Mansion.
The speaker is Diana Faust of Cooper & Scully, P.C. She will be addressing Supersedeas Issues in State and Federal Court. One hour of CLE credit is available.
Failure to Comply with an Appellate Mandate
“mandamus” “default judgment” “mandate”
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