Legal Opinion
In Re Commitment of Davis
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided June 25, 2009No. 09-08-00124-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.
Don Davis, Jr. appeals an order modifying a judgment committing Davis as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”). In four issues, Davis contends: (1) the trial court erred in permitting the Council on Sex Offender Treatment (the “Council”), a state agency not authorized by statute to sue or be sued, to intervene as a party in the commitment action; (2) if construed to grant the Council unrestricted discretion in imposing conditions on civilly committed individuals, Chapter 841 of the Texas Health and Safety Code is an unconstitutional delegation of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 2001
- In re Baylor Medical Center at GarlandTexas Supreme Court · 2008
- First Alief Bank v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1984
3Cited by9 opinions
- in Re Commitment of James Richards, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2013
- Tex. Civil Commitment Office v. HartshornCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
- in Re Commitment of Curtis Lee Adams, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2013
- Bertis Cupit v. Texas Civil Commitment Office and City of Littlefield, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2018
- Erick Lawson v. Dr. Nicholas Edd and Karen Harmon, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2019
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