Legal Opinion
BASTINE v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided August 29, 1996No. 01-95-00738-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILSON, Justice.
The appellant, Volly Bastine, Jr., failed to timely answer a disciplinary petition filed against him by appellee, the Commission for Lawyer Discipline (the Commission). The Commission moved for a default judgment which was granted by the trial court. The resulting judgment disbarred Bastine, and ordered him to pay the Commission attorneys’ fees.
Bastine now appeals the default judgment claiming in four points of error the trial court erred because: (1) no record of the default judgment hearing was prepared; (2) no pleadings or evidence were presented to support…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stoner v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- State Bar of Texas v. KilpatrickTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Goodin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1988
- Smith v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- Higgins v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
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