MELLON MORTG. CO. v. HOLDER

No. 97-1187.

5 S.W.3d 654 (1999)

MELLON MORTGAGE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Angela N. HOLDER, f/k/a Angela N. Hamilton, individually and a/n/f for Nicholas C. Laske, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided September 9, 1999.

Rehearing Overruled December 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine B. Smith, Robert M. Schick, Kathleen A. Gallagher, Houston, for Petitioner.

Kenneth M. Morris, David A. Furlow, John S. Brannon, Gene L. Locke, Andrea Chan, Laura Anne Coats, Elizabeth M. Revere, Houston, for Respondent.


Justice ABBOTT delivered a plurality opinion, in which Justice HECHT and Justice OWEN join.

While driving late one night in the downtown Houston area, Angela Holder was stopped for an alleged traffic violation by Calvin Potter, an on-duty Houston police officer. Potter took Holder's insurance and identification cards and told her to follow his squad car. Holder followed Potter several blocks to a parking garage owned by Mellon Mortgage Company. Once inside the garage...

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