Legal Opinion
Eckels v. Gist
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided December 10, 1987No. 01-87-01050-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
WARREN, Justice.
Relator Robert Young Eckels asks this Court to grant his petition for writ of mandamus setting aside respondent’s order of December 4, 1987, removing relator from office.
On November 25,1987, a jury found reía-' tor, the county commissioner of Precinct 3 in Harris County, Texas, guilty of the offense of accepting a gift to a public servant by a person subject to his jurisdiction.
On December 4, 1987, the respondent, the district judge who presided over the trial, entered an order removing respondent from office. No judgment on…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McNew v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Helena Rubenstein Internat. v. YoungerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- State Ex Rel. Wade v. Stephens, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1987
- People Ex Rel. Grogan v. LisinskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Slawik v. FolsomSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- McClelland v. Partida, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1991
- Talamantez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- De Alejandro v. Hunter, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- Leo v. Mancias, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1994
- Barrett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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