in Re Ray B. Smith

Opinion filed April 29, 2010

In The

Eleventh Court of Appeals

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No. 11-10-00034-CV

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IN RE RAY B. SMITH

Original Habeas Corpus and Mandamus Proceeding

O P I N I O N

Relator, Ray B. Smith, Ph.D., brings this original habeas corpus proceeding and, alternatively, mandamus proceeding complaining of the trial court’s finding him in contempt for violating a permanent injunction. Because the trial court’s final order and judgment of contempt lacks evidentiary support, we conditionally grant mandamus relief.

Introduction

In 2007, Dr. Smith published a book entitled Cranial Electrotherapy…