Legal Opinion

Lovelace v. Downey

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 1, 1990No. B14-89-00899-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Relator asks that we issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent, the Honorable Daniel M. Downey, to vacate his order of August 14, 1989, reinstating cause no. 89-07576, and to return to relator the sum of $435,000.00 plus interest earned since the seizure. On October 5, 1989, we granted leave to file petition for writ of mandamus. We now conditionally grant the writ.

On February 22, 1989, the State of Texas instituted seizure and intended forfeiture proceedings in the 165th Judicial District Court of Harris County under cause no. 89-07576, styled The State of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. Boren, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1983
  2. State v. $4,097 in U.S. CurrencyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. $435,000.00Texas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Attorney General of Texas Ex Rel. State v. CartwrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  3. State v. HamptonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. State Ex Rel. Texas Department of Transportation v. Martini, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1995
  5. State v. Rivera, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1990

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