Legal Opinion · Dissent

Ex parte Waldrep

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 6, 1996No. 10-96-209-CVPublished

1Dissent

VANCE, Justice,

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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

  1. Ex Parte SlavinTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Ex Parte ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Ex Parte PadronTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Ex Parte PriceTexas Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Ex Parte WilkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1984

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