Legal Opinion
State v. Sims
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided February 1, 1994No. 07-93-0443-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
Relators, the Texas General Land Office (Land Office), Garry Mauro (Mauro), Commissioner of the Land Office, and Jack Giber-son (Giberson), Chief Clerk of the Land Office, in their individual and official capacities, bring this original action seeking a writ of mandamus concerning a discovery order signed by respondent, the Honorable M. Kent Sims, presiding judge of the 31st District Court, Roberts County. The issue before this court is the degree of protection from pretrial discovery afforded a government official raising the defense of official immunity. For the reasons…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Siegert v. GilleySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Johnson v. Fourth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re Jones, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1998
- Two Thirty Nine Joint Venture v. Joe, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2001
- City of Lubbock v. Hancock, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1996
- In Re Levi Strauss & Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1998
- Di Ferrante v. Smith, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
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