| Opinions by Justices of the Houston Courts of Appeals Fourteenth Court of Appeals Chief Justice Adele Hedges Briefing attorneys: Marie Jamison, Chris Kruger Justice John Anderson Justice Bill Boyce Justice Jeff Brown Justice Richard Edelman (2007) Justice Wanda Fowler Justice Eva M. Guzman Justice J. Harvey Hudson (2007) Justice Charles W. Seymore Justice Kem Thompson Frost Justice Leslie Brock Yates First Court of Appeals Chief Justice Sherry Radack Justice Tim Taft Justice Sam Nuchia (2008) Justice Terry Jennings Justice Evelyn Keyes Justice Elsa Alcala Justice George C. Hanks, Jr. Justice Laura Carter Higley Justice Jane Bland Houston Trial Court Judges Houston Opinions Home Page |
Merck & Co. v. Ernst (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jun. 4, 2009)(Opinion on rehearing by Hedges) (Vioxx jury judgment reversed) REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Brown 14-06-00835-CV Merck & Co., Inc. v. Carol A. Ernst, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Robert Charles Ernst, Deceased Appeal from 23rd District Court of Brazoria County Trial Court Judge: Ben Hardin In Interest of JSG, NO. 14-08-00754-CV (Tex.App.- Houston May 7, 2009)(Hedges) (termination of parental rights, best interest factors, natural parent preference, parental presumption) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-08-00754-CV In the Interest of J.S.G., and J.A.G Appeal from 314th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: John Phillips Mai v. Farmers Texas County Mutual Ins. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 7, 2009)(Hedges) (auto insurance coverage dispute, UIM coverage, uninsured motorist provision of the policy, which requires that there have been contact between the insured’s vehicle and the uninsured motorist’s vehicle) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-07-00958-CV Y Ngoc Mai and Huong Mai-Nguyen v. Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Company Appeal from 127th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Sharolyn P. Wood In Interest of JSG, NO. 14-08-00754-CV (Tex.App.- Houston May 7, 2009)(Hedges) (termination of parental rights, best interest factors, natural parent preference, parental presumption) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-08-00754-CV In the Interest of J.S.G., and J.A.G Appeal from 314th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: John Phillips In Interest of RCR (Tex.App. – Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 14, 2009)(Hedges) (termination of parental rights, constitutional issue waived, frivolousness) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-08-00904-CV In the Interest of R.C.R., Jr., A Child Appeal from County Court at Law of Washington County Trial Court Judge: Matthew Alfred Reue Meehl v. Wise (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 7, 2009)(Hedges)(home owner law, real estate law, restrictive covenants, discriminatory zoning, group community homes for mentally impaired) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Guzman and Brown 14-07-00592-CV Debra J. Meehl and Mark Meehl, Individually and as Officers and Agents of the Maureen J. Meehl Bipolar/BPD Foundation, Inc., and the Maureen J. Meehl Bipolar/BPD Foundation, Inc. v. Alfred M. Wise, Jr., Ketherine D. Wise, John P. Hundl, Donna G. Hundl, Wilmer Conner, Margie Ann Alexander, John T. Horn, Martha G. Horn, John T. Horn, Jr., Christopher Blake Broadway, Paula Lee Broadway, James Zimmer, Mildred Zimmer, Et Al Appeal from 239th District Court of Brazoria County Concurring Opinion by Justice Guzman McCloskey v. McCloskey (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Arp. 2, 2009)(Subst. op. by Hedges) (SAPCR divorce attorneys fees cannot be ordered as additional child support enforceable by contempt) AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Price, Chief Justice Hedges, Justice Boyce 14-06-00470-CV Christopher Joseph McCloskey v. Anne Miriam McCloskey Appeal from 387th District Court of Fort Bend County Trial Court Judge: Robert J. Kern Lee v. MD Lam, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 17, 2009)(Hedges)(sale of business) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-07-01027-CV Jenette Diem Lee v. MD Lam, Inc. Appeal from 151st District Court of Harris County Onwuteaka v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 12, 2009) (Hedges)(attorney disciplinary proceeding, grievance) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Guzman and Brown 14-07-00544-CV Joseph Onwuteaka v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline Appeal from 151st District Court of Harris County Judge not shown on docket sheet Ramon v. Dow (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 3, 2009)(Hedges) (pro se inmate prisoner suit, conversion claim, insufficient pleadings, dismissal for failure to state claim, cases involving universities) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-07-01024-CV Steve Ramon v. David R. Dow and the University of Houston, Texas Innocence Network Appeal from 412th District Court of Brazora County Trial Court Judge: W. Edwin Denman Saade MD v. Villarreal (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 26, 2009)(Hedges) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Guzman and Brown) 14-07-00926-CV George Saade, M.D., Michael Belfort, M.D. and Rakesh Mangal, M.D. v. Mercedes Villarreal as Next Friend of Juan Pablo Elizondo, a Minor Appeal from 129th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Samuel Grant Dorfman Concurring Opinion by Justice Guzman (statutory construction) Find --> 2008 OPINIONS BY CHIEF JUSTICE HEDGES IN CIVIL APPEALS Find more judge and court information on the houston-opinions.com Home Page |
Election Contest for this Appellate Bench in 2008 Adele Hedges vs. Joe Beverly Chief Justice Hedges was up for re-election in 2008. (See campaign site) She did not draw a challenger in the Republican Party's primary. Her Democratic opponent in the contested general election was Attorney Joe W. Beverly (See Joe Beverly for judge campaign website) Of the 2068 lawyers who participated in the Houston Bar Association's 2008 Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll 807 rated Justice Hedges "well qualified" vs. 188 "not qualified". Joe Beverly, with a much lower name recognition among his peers, received 172 "well qualified" votes and 184 "not qualified." See HBA poll results and disclaimers. |
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| Chief Justice Adele Hedges previously served as an associate justice on the First Court of Appeals, which also has its seat in Houston. She was promoted to chief justice of the Fourteenth at the end of 2003 when the former head of that court, Scott Brister, joined the Texas Supreme Court. Chief Hedges was re-election in 2008 in a contested race. The Hon. Adele Hedges holds graduate degrees from Rice and UH, and earned her law degree at the University of Houston Law Center. Hedges practiced civil and appellate law, and also worked in an academic capacity at Rice University for a year. |
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