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· 10/17/1979

Ex Parte Gorena

Citations

  • 595 S.W.2d 841
  • 23 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 32
  • 1979 Tex. LEXIS 332

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating in earlier case law that enforceability of contempt order did not depend on statutory authority
  • stating in earlier ease law that enforceability of contempt order did not depend on statutory authority
  • describing inherent power as \essential element of judicial independence and authority\
  • “ ‘It is decreed that Respondent (Mr. Gorena) shall pay to Petitioner (Ms. Barber).... ’ ”
  • “Despite the fact that a judgment has its genesis in an agreement between the parties, the judgment itself has an independent status.”
  • despite fact that judgment has its genesis in an agreement between the parties, the judgment itself has an independent status

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Judges: Greenhill

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