Legal Opinion
Edgar v. Plummer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 12, 1993No. 6-92-046-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Bruce Edgar brings this interlocutory appeal complaining of the trial court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment in Matthew Plummer’s suit against him for false arrest. We agree with Edgar that he was entitled to summary judgment on grounds of immunity.
On March 6, 1989, Plummer was driving on U.S. Highway 59 near Garrison. Department of Public Safety troopers Edgar and Green were in the area and saw Plum-mer’s car cross the right shoulder line. Their radar indicator showed that Plummer was driving sixty miles per hour in a fifty-five mile per hour zone.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Travis v. City of MesquiteTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Roark v. STALLWORTH OIL AND GAS, INCTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Drago v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Jose Saldana v. Antonio Garza and Ricardo OlveraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Wyse v. Department of Public Safety, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1986
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Closs v. Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1994
- City of Dallas v. Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1994
- Corbin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
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