PADILLA v. LaFRANCE

No. 94-0579.

907 S.W.2d 454 (1995)

Enrique PADILLA, Petitioner, v. Ernest J. LaFRANCE, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 25, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled October 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Lewis, Ronald P. Schramm, Glover Anderson Chandler & Uzick, Houston, for petitioner.

John Stevenson, Jr., Stevenson Albright & Ammons, Dennis R. Mundy, D. Craig Olivier, Jeffrey W. Hitt, Olivier & Steidley, Houston, for respondents.


PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT, CORNYN, SPECTOR, and OWEN, Justices.

The primary issue presented is whether a series of letters between the parties' representatives constituted a written settlement agreement enforceable under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 11, even though plaintiffs withdrew their consent to the settlement before the letters were filed with the court and before judgment was rendered...

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