Supreme Court of Texas

Claims for compensation under Chapter 103 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code for persons wrongfully imprisoned by the State cannot be brought against the state by an assignee. However, such claims can be brought despite settling earlier with another unit of government.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2007
• Decided 06/08/2007
• Published 06/08/2007

Judges

• Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joel Thollander, McKool Smith, PC, Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Barry Ross McBee, Edward D. Burbach, Rafael Edward Cruz, Cynthia Lee Alexander, Philip A. Lionberger, Office of Atty. Gen., and Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Atty. Gen., Austin, for The Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott Ozmun, Jeffrey Scott Edwards, Whitehurst Harkness Ozmun & Brees, Austin, for Respondent.