State Supreme Court / Tex.

Brainard v. State

Decided January 6, 2000. Deborah Hankinson wrote the opinion for the court.

12 S.W.3d 6 · Cited 128 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Coastal Industrial Water Authority v. W. D. York · 532 S.W.2d 949
County of St. Clair v. Lovingston · 90 U.S. 46
Lorino v. Crawford Packing Co. · 175 S.W.2d 410
Maufrais v. State · 180 S.W.2d 144
St. Louis v. Rutz · 138 U.S. 226
State of Texas v. Bradford · 50 S.W.2d 1065
Black v. Dallas County Child Welfare Unit · 835 S.W.2d 626
State of Texas v. Balli · 190 S.W.2d 71
Caples v. Cole · 102 S.W.2d 173
Diversion Lake Club v. Heath · 86 S.W.2d 441
Brundage v. Knox · 279 Ill. 450
Esso Standard Oil Company v. Jones · 98 So. 2d 236
Solomon v. City of Sioux City · 51 N.W.2d 472
Giles v. Basore · 278 S.W.2d 830
De Simone v. Kramer · 252 N.W.2d 653
State, Ex Rel. Duffy v. Lakefront Co. · 27 N.E.2d 485
EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Robinson · 923 S.W.2d 549
BD. OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMP. TR. FUND v. Sand Key Assoc. · 512 So. 2d 934
Moore v. Kuljis · 207 So. 2d 604
Reads Landing Campers Ass'n v. Township of Pepin · 546 N.W.2d 10
Krumwiede v. Rose · 129 N.W.2d 491
Lakeside Boating & Bathing Inc. v. State · 344 N.W.2d 217
Honsinger v. State · 642 P.2d 1352

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