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2008 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS: HIGLEY REELECTED Rep Laura Carter Higley vs. Dem Leslie C. Taylor Unlike some of her colleagues on the Houston Court of Appeals, Justice Laura Carter Higley was not initially appointed to a vacancy, but ran for an open seat on the First Court of Appeals in 2002. She did not draw a challenger in the primary or in the general election later that year, and was sworn in on Jan. 1, 2003. Her first term ended in 2008. Like other Harris County judges Higley was up for reelection in 2008. Republican Justice Higley drew a Democratic Challenger this time: Attorney Leslie C. Taylor Higley won the 2008 general election. (click names to go to campaign web sites) Judge Higley is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned a master's degree in Latin American Studies from UT. She received her JD from the University of Houston in 1989. In private practice, Attorney Laura C. Higley worked at Baker Botts LLC. In Fiscal Year 2006 the Justice Higley wrote 70 opinions. Justice Higley issued no dissenting or concurring opinions. The pattern stayed the same in FY 2007, with 76 opinions to her credit and no published disagreements with her colleagues. Find more judge and court information at the Houston-Opinions Home Page |
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Recent Opinions in Civil Appeals Authored by Justice Laura Higley Aeternia Enterprises, U.S.A., v. Magnitogorsk Steel and Wire Works (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 18, 2009)(Op. by Higley)(order compelling arbitration is not an appealable judgment, DWOJ) DISMISS APPEAL: Opinion by Justice Higley Before Justices Jennings, Alcala and Higley 01-05-00964-CV Aeternia Enterprises, U.S.A., Ltd. v. Magnitogorsk Steel and Wire Works Appeal from 133rd District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Lamar McCorkle Dolan v. Dolan (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 18, 2009)(Op. By Higley) (probate law, trustee, breach of fiduciary duty, preservation of error) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Higley Before Justices Jennings, Alcala and Higley 01-07-00694-CV George Diehl Dolan v. Zelie M. Dolan Appeal from 281st District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. David J. Bernal Hernandez v. Hernandez (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Mar. 26, 2009)(Higley) (OAG suit, child support, nunc pro tunc judgment vacated) VACATE TC JUDGMENT AND DISMISS CASE: Opinion by Justice Higley Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Keyes and Higley 01-06-00901-CV George Hernandez v. Maria Guadalupe Hernandez Appeal from 311th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Doug Warne Dissenting Opinion by Justice Keyes Sembera Security Systems, Inc. v. El Dorado Ins. Agency, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 29, 2009) (Higley)(breach of contract claim, cancellation of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for non- payment of premium) REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND RENDER JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Higley Before Chief Justice Radack, Judge Wilson, Justice Higley 01-07-00310-CV Sembera Security Systems, Inc. a/k/a Sembera Security, Inc. v. El Dorado Insurance Agency, Inc., and Texas Mutual Insurance Company, f/n/a Texas Workers' Compensation Fund and Texas Workers' Compensation Fund, Texas Workers' Compensation Fund Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Kenneth P. Wise Kennamer v. The Estate of Noblitt (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 8, 2009)(Higley) (animal law, cow attack liability, ownership disputed) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Higley Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Nuchia and Higley 01-08-00134-CV John L. Kennamer, Individually and John L. Kennamer and Mora Kennamer d/b/a K-Bar land and Cattle Company v. The Estate of John Alwin Noblitt, Deceased, Charles R. Noblitt, Jr., Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of John Alwin Noblitt, Deceased, and Jo Ann Jones, Individually and as Heir of The Estate of John Alwin Noblitt, Deceased Appeal from County Court at Law No 2 & Probate Court of Brazoria County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Mark Holder Also see --> 2008 Opinions in Civil Appeals Authored by Justice Laura Higley |
| 2009 Opinions by Houston Appeals Court Justice Laura Carter Higley |
