Court Opinion

ID: 9755307
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:34:36.619514+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:06.134742
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Justice YÁÑEZ.
Appellants, Roger Gerdes (“Gerdes”) and Carolyn Gerdes, appeal a January 8, *5512003 turnover order, in which the trial court ordered Gerdes to: (1) execute and turn over documents which would purportedly effect the transfer of all of the stock of Inmobiliaria Don Rogelio de R.L. de C.V., a Mexican corporation; and (2) obtain the signature of his wife, Carolyn, on such documents. The turnover order is in satisfaction of a judgment in Kennamer’s favor in appellate cause number 13-02-657, styled Roger Gerdes, Jr. and Carolyn Gerdes v. John Kennamer and Mora Kennamer. Because I would reverse the judgment in cause number 13-02-657 for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in that cause, I also dissent from the majority’s opinion in this cause, 13-03-046-CV, affirming the trial court’s turnover order.
Designation of Opinion
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 47.4 provides as follows:
If the issues are settled, the court should write a brief memorandum opinion no longer than necessary to advise the parties of the court’s decision and the basic reasons for it. An opinion may not be designated a memorandum opinion if the author of a concurrence or dissent opposes that designation. An opinion must be designated a memorandum opinion unless it does any of the following:
(a) establishes a new rule of law, alters or modifies an existing rule, or applies an existing rule to a novel fact situation likely to recur in future cases;
(b) involves issues of constitutional law or other legal issues important to the jurisprudence of Texas;
(c) criticizes existing law; or
(d) resolves an apparent conflict of authority.
Tex.R.App. P. 47.4.
Justice Castillo has recommended that the majority opinion be designated a “memorandum opinion.” I disagree that the majority opinion should be designated a “memorandum opinion” because the issues in this case are not settled. See id. Further, as author of this dissenting opinion, I oppose the designation of the majority opinion as a “memorandum opinion.” See id. Accordingly, the majority opinion must be designated as an “opinion.” See id.