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PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:15 pm

dlh wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:36 pm Here is a link to the electronic docket sheet. Does not appear there is any recent action so I presume the matter is pending.
Too bad we cannot obtain copies of the linked documents for free. There was a proposal to do that the last legislative session but the clerks' offices opposed it because they did not want to lose the income they receive when they charge for it.

http://odysseypa.tylerhost.net/Waller/C ... eID=357588

I would love to see a bill pass that the clerks must allow for electronic access to the documents and waive a fee. Then they simply point in the direction of the online documents. The bill should leave a fee for costs incurred for paper documents, though IMO.

Technology is there and at this point is doing nothing but getting cheaper. A centralized state system could consolidate the cost of the servers and maintenance, and rulings would simply need to be uploaded once by the clerks and be publicly accessible forever. Make it a stand-alone system and you don't have to worry (as much) about hacking because there is nothing to steal.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:The Houston 1st Court of Appeals also ordered the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine the attorney fees and other costs of litigation the county must pay to Terry. The opinion makes it clear the court better award the money, or the appellate court will.

It was a great result. I'm going to do a podcast on this case pointing out the absurdity of the suit that was filed by the county and the judicial abuse by the judge who ruled in the county's favor.

Chas.