Ex parte Waldrep
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Dissent
VANCE, Justice,
dissentmg.
May a litigant be held in contempt for intentionally disobeying an oral order wMch she acknowledges to be clear, specific, and unambiguous? I believe the facts of tMs case require that the answer be “yes.”
Kimberly makes no pretense — either in her application for writ of habeas corpus or in her oral argument — that she was demed due process. She acknowledges that the court ordered her to return the veMele by 5 p.m. and that she did not do so. Kimberly makes no argument that the court’s oral order lacked specificity, that it was ambiguous, or that she misunderstood…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex Parte SlavinTexas Supreme Court · 1967
- Ex Parte ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Ex Parte PadronTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Ex Parte PriceTexas Supreme Court · 1987
- Ex Parte WilkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1984