State Supreme Court / Tex.

City of Galveston v. State

Decided March 2, 2007. Scott A. Brister wrote the opinion for the court.

217 S.W.3d 466 · Cited 227 times

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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.

Wichita Falls State Hospital v. Taylor · 106 S.W.3d 692
Reata Construction Corp. v. City of Dallas · 197 S.W.3d 371
Tooke v. City of Mexia · 197 S.W.3d 325
Federal Sign v. Texas Southern University · 951 S.W.2d 401
Proctor v. Andrews · 972 S.W.2d 729
Payne v. Massey · 196 S.W.2d 493
Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341
Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. · 535 U.S. 613
Dallas Cty. Mental Health and Mental Retardation v. Bossley · 968 S.W.2d 339
Clark v. Barnard · 108 U.S. 436
Gardner v. New Jersey · 329 U.S. 565
Fort Worth Independent School District v. City of Fort Worth · 22 S.W.3d 831
Haverlack v. Portage Homes, Inc. · 2 Ohio St. 3d 26
Perry v. Del Rio · 67 S.W.3d 85
Griffin v. Hawn · 341 S.W.2d 151
City of Amarillo v. Ware · 40 S.W.2d 57
Guillory v. Port of Houston Authority · 845 S.W.2d 812
City of Houston v. Shilling · 240 S.W.2d 1010
Board of Education v. Mayor of Riverdale · 578 A.2d 207
Ellis v. City of West University Place · 175 S.W.2d 396
American Structures, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore · 364 A.2d 55
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-Davy · 74 S.W.3d 849
Harris County v. Sykes · 136 S.W.3d 635
General Services Commission v. Little-Tex Insulation Co. · 39 S.W.3d 591
City of Lancaster v. Chambers · 883 S.W.2d 650

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