Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 6, 1983No. C-1635Published
1Opinion of the Court
654 S.W.2d 415 (1983)
Ex parte Gerald W. JOHNSON.
No. C-1635.
Supreme Court of Texas.
July 6, 1983.
David H. Berg, Houston, for relator.
Bobbie Bayless, Houston, Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Laurie Martin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for respondent.
McGEE, Justice.
Relator, Dr. Gerald W. Johnson, brought this original habeas corpus proceeding after the district court held him in contempt and committed him to jail for thirty days for failure to comply with the court's "turnover" order entered pursuant to article 3827a of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes. We order Relator discharged.
A judgment was rendered…
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- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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