Legal Opinion

Texas Department of Public Safety v. Sweeny

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided July 11, 2002No. 14-01-00538-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) appeals the trial court’s order reversing an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) decision sustaining DPS’s suspension of Robert Neal Sweeny’s driver’s license. We reverse the County Court at Law’s judgment and affirm the ALJ’s order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 17, 2000, at 11:50 p.m., DPS Officer Rex Walker observed Sweeny’s truck weaving from side to side, swerving across the lane divider, failing to drive within a single lane, and almost colliding ■with another vehicle. Officer Walker stopped Sweeny’s truck…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Matter of HumphreysTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Chisholm v. Bewley MillsTexas Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Texas Department of Public Safety v. Dear, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
  4. Texas Department of Public Safety v. Guerra, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  5. Balios v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1987

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Texas Department of Public Safety v. Danish Mahmood Shaikh, Licensee, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
  2. Texas Department of Public Safety, Appellant/Cross-Appellee v. Samuel Alexander Forsgard, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2003
  3. Ard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
  4. Frank v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2005

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