Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Burroughs Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 9, 1986No. C14-85-0333-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTSON, Justice.
This is an appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of Burroughs, defendant in the trial court, in a suit for tortious interference with contract rights. At issue is whether the trial court, in granting the summary judgment, properly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel to deny appellant’s claim. We affirm.
Appellant was employed under written contract by Katy Independent School District as Director of Computer Services. While employed, he began his own business, “Vaughn & Associates.” “Vaughn & Associates” and Burroughs submitted a joint bid for contract…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Life Insurance Co. of Virginia v. Gar-Dal, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1978
- Kirby Lumber Corp. v. Southern Lumber Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
- Texas National Corp. v. United Systems International, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1973
- Hardy v. FlemingCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- John A. Lance, Debra L. Lance, F.D. Franks, and Helen Franks v. Judith and Terry Robinson, Gary and Brenda Fest, Virginia Gray, Butch Townsend and Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1Texas Supreme Court · 2018
- Closs v. Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1994
- El Paso Assoc., Ltd. v. JR Thurman & Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1990
- Muckelroy v. Richardson Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1994
- R.I.O. Systems, Inc. v. Union Carbide Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
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