Ex Parte Price
Texas Supreme Court
1ConcurrenceSpears, Justice
I concur for the same reason I concurred in Ex Parte Wilkins, 665 S.W.2d 760, 761 (Tex.1984) (Spears, J., concurring). I disagree with the majority’s holding that an oral order which is reduced to writing within a reasonable time can never satisfy the requirements of Ex Parte Slavin, 412 S.W. 2d 43, 44 (Tex.1967).
Ex Parte Padron, 565 S.W.2d 921, 924 (Tex.1978) established that one who is committed to jail for civil contempt should be able to find somewhere in the record the written order. That requirement was met in this case because the trial court’s oral permanent injunction was eventually…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex Parte SlavinTexas Supreme Court · 1967
- Ex Parte PadronTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Ex Parte ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Ex Parte WilkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1984