The Texas Supreme Court: A Narrative History, 1836–1986

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index Note: Italic page numbers refer to photographs. abolitionists, 65, 66 Adair, John George, 122 Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act of 1975, 206 adoption laws, 1, 2 alcaldes, 7, 8, 10–12, 14, 33 Alexander, James Patterson: as chief justice of Texas Supreme Court, 111, 173–174, 175, 176–177, 183–184, 232; death of, 184, 185; photograph of, 112; portrait of, 223 Allred, Jimmy, 172, 193, 284n25 All-Woman Supreme Court, 110, 165–168 amicus curiae, 206, 290n3 Anahuac Disturbances, 13, 30, 50 Anderson v. Neighbors (1901), 144 Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, 135–136 anti-trust laws, 135–136 Apaches, 6, 91 appeals courts: of Anglo-American colonists , 10, 11, 12, 256n25. See also Court of Appeals; Court of Criminal Appeals ; courts of civil appeals Ariens, Michael, 281n43 Arizpe, Miguel Ramos, 10 Arnold v. Leonard (1925), 167 Arocha, Francisco de, 7, 37 attractive nuisance doctrine, 133 Austin, Moses, 9 Austin, Stephen F., 9–13, 14, 46, 121, 169, 265n30 Austin, Texas: as capital of Republic of Texas, 26, 33, 34; Capitol building fire, 96, 97, 106; new Capitol building, 97–98, 117; old Capitol grounds, 107; and slavery, 60–61 Autry v. Reasor (1908), 141 Baade, Hans W., 270n35, 271n53, 283n30 backlog, case. See pendency Baker Botts, 175, 213 Baldwin, J. D., 70 Ball, Hutchings & Co. v. Lowell (1882), 98 Balli, Nicolas, 182 Ballinger, Betty, 272n7 Ballinger, William Pitt, 89, 90 Barrios, Jacinto, 6, 256n5 Barrow, Charles W., 207, 209, 214 Battle, N. W., 63 Baylor, R. E. B. (Robert Emmett Bledsoe), 25, 32, 102 Baylor Law School, 102, 173 Baylor University, 25, 102 Bell, James Hall: as associate justice of Texas Supreme Court, 61, 63–64, 65, 67–70, 72, 104; and election of 1864, 73, 268n43; and Ulysses Grant, 86; 308 THe Texas supreme CourT portrait of, 104; on secession, 66, 67, 73, 103 Bell, Josiah, 265n30 Bender v. Brooks (1910), 170 Benton v. Williams (1843), 49–50 Bewley, Anthony, 65, 266n49 Birdsall, John, 19–20, 219 Bishop v. Jones and Patty (1866), 269n18 Black Codes, 76, 269n4 blacks: and race relations, 190–194. See also free blacks; freedmen; slaves and slavery Board of Land Commissioners of Milam County v. Bell (1840), 35–36 Board of Regents v. Roth (1972), 206 Board of Water Engineers v. Colorado River Municipal Water District (1953), 206 Bonner, Micajah, 94, 95, 98, 118, 130 Branch, E. T., 28, 34 Brazzil, Ruth Virginia, 110, 167–168 Brewer, David Josiah, 137, 277n29 Brewster, Few, 180–181, 192 briefing attorney/clerk position, 174–175, 176–177, 232 Brigham, Asa, 34, 194 Briscoe, Dolph, 209, 214 Brown, Thomas Jefferson: as associate justice of Texas Supreme Court, 109, 119, 125, 128, 137, 140–143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149–150, 279n46; as chief justice, 154, 157, 158–159, 160; death of, 160; and William Hawkins, 158, 159; portrait of, 222 Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 191, 192 Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad Company, 128 Bullock, Richard, 27–28, 260n36 Burleson, A. S., 278n13 Burnet, David G.: and election of 1841, 262n9; and Benjamin C. Franklin, 101; and Sam Houston, 19, 20, 23, 29, 257n1; as provisional president of Republic of Texas, 17, 19, 20; as U.S. Senator, 77 Bush v. Gore (2000), 176 business interests. See corporate influence Busk v. Lowrie (1893), 125–126, 275n29 Byrne, Joe, 164 Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez, 3, 5 Caldwell, Colbert, 81 Calhoun, John C., 20, 54, 60, 69 Calvert, Robert S., 186, 207 Calvert, Robert W.: as associate justice of Texas Supreme Court, 186, 190, 197; as chief justice, 113, 193, 197–205, 285n1; election of, 186, 207, 276n1; memoir of, 286n5, 289n19; portrait of, 224; retirement of, 205; and Angus Wynne, 177 Calvert Whiskey, 186, 207, 276n1 Calvin v. State (1860), 65 Campbell, Randolph B., 270n19 Campbell, Tom, 153, 154–155, 157 Canary Islanders, 6, 7, 8 Capitol Court: and Commission of Appeals , 161; and Gilded Age, 130–138; justices of, 117–119; and public lands, 119–128 carpetbaggers, 82–83, 270n35 Catholic Church, 5–6, 9 caveat emptor, 202–203, 216 Cavenah v. Somervill (1843), 46 Chambers, Thomas Jefferson, 14–16 Chambers Jury Law (1834), 15, 257n42 Chandler v. State (1847), 64 charitable immunity doctrine, 202 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), 48, 262n18 Cherokees, 20, 24, 47, 48, 86, 268n38 Choate v. San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Co. (1898), 140 City of Corpus Christi v. City of Pleasanton (1955), 190 City of Galveston v. Menard (1859), 74 [3.144.151.106] Project MUSE...