Legal Opinion
Winn v. Lackey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 25, 1981No. 5526PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCLOUD, Chief Justice.
The issue is whether the rule announced in Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762, 97 S.Ct. 1459, 52 L.Ed.2d 31 (1977), should be applied retroactively to the extent that an illegitimate child, who filed suit after Trimble, could inherit from her father who died intestate prior to Trimble.
On January 26, 1978, Wilder Alvey Winn, Individually and as Guardian of the Estate of his incompetent brother, J. W. Winn, Jr., sued his two surviving brothers, Curtis G. Winn and Kenneth R. Winn, seeking a partition of the N/2 of Section 85, Block D, H & TC Ry. Co. Survey in Stonewall…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Lovejoy v. LillieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Lucas v. HandcockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Allen v. HarveyTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Reed v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Succession of ClivensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Williamson v. GaneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
- Reed v. Campbell, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1984
- Smith v. DeanDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1982
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