Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Leftwich
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 14, 1989No. 05-89-00743-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCLUNG, Justice.
Relator David Lewis seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Snowden Leftwich, a senior district judge, retired, and assigned to preside over litigation in which Lewis is a party, to disqualify himself. We hold that the assigned judge is disqualified and that the assigned judge’s order of dismissal is void. The case is returned to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Lewis’s suit against Marmon Motor Company was docketed in the 68th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. On June 5, 1989, the court coordinator for the 68th…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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