Legal Opinion

Closs v. Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided April 12, 1994No. 06-93-00045-CVPublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BLEIL, Justice.

Matthew Closs appeals from a take-nothing summary judgment dismissing all of his claims against the appellees. The issues on appeal are whether the trial court erred by denying Closs an opportunity for discovery; whether the evidence establishes that the appellees were entitled to summary judgment based on their assertions of immunity; and whether the trial court’s order striking the affidavit of one of Closs’s witnesses is defective because it fails to state good cause for imposing the sanction. 1 We resolve these issues in favor of the appellees and affirm.

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2Cases cited64 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by55 opinions

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