CAMPBELL v. WILDER

NO. 14-0379.

487 S.W.3d 146 (2016)

Odell CAMPBELL, Shawnta Renea Coleman, Thomas Ray Robertson, Diana J. Najera, Scott Wiernik, Tairhonda McAfee and Marybeth Lynn Jewell, Petitioners, v. Thomas A. WILDER, Tarrant County District Clerk, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: April 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Leatherbury , Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Dallas TX, Amicus Curiae.

Thomas Stutz , Fort Worth TX, for Other interested party/Petitioner.

Amy Warr , Wallace B. Jefferson , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Lee Anne DiFilippo , DiFilippo Limited Partnership, Austin TX, Jason C.N. Smith , Law Offices of Jason Smith, Linda Harvill Gregory , Methodist Justice Ministry, Fort Worth TX, Thomas Fenton Allen Jr. , Basheer Youssef Ghorayeb , Jasmine Wynton , Jones Day, Dallas TX, for Petitioner.

Christopher William Ponder , Asst. District Attorney, Joe Shannon Jr. , Criminal District Attorney, Fort Worth TX, for Respondent.


The trial court temporarily enjoined the District Clerk of Tarrant County from billing court costs to parties who had filed uncontested affidavits of indigency. A divided court of appeals vacated the injunction and dismissed the case because the trial court had not rendered the judgments in...

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