Legal Opinion
James v. Underwood
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 8, 2014No. 01-13-00277-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Carolyn James and her brother Richard Steven Calkins are in a legal dispute over who has the right to manage the assets of *707their mother, Mary Calkins. Their controversy has spawned multiple lawsuits filed in various district and probate courts in at least two counties resulting in no less than 11 issued appellate decisions — thus far— from the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals.1 Michael Easton, an individual who is not related to James or Calkins, has repeatedly intervened, sued and been sued in the dispute between the siblings.2
In this latest iteration, James sued two judges who…
3Cases cited27 opinions
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- Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- Mireles v. WacoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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4Cited by15 opinions
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- West v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
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