Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Morris
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1968No. B-912PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
The Department of Public Safety gave notice to the eighty-three respondents to surrender their licenses and automobile registrations. The Department had earlier suspended the licenses and registrations, and the respondents appealed the suspension orders to the County Court of Shelby County, where none of them had ever been a resident. The Shelby County Court issued orders which stayed each of the suspension orders, but the Department ignored them, insisting that the Shelby County Court had no jurisdiction over any of the suspension orders. The respondents jointly filed this suit…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mingus, Receiver v. WadleyTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Cunningham v. RobisonTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- Schwantz v. Texas Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- City of Strawn v. Board of Water Engineers of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Goff v. State Board of InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Mutchler v. Texas Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Dillard v. YeldellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Houston Mobilfone, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Rutledge v. Texas Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Texas Department of Public Safety v. PolkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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