State Supreme Court / Tex.

Davenport v. Garcia

Decided September 9, 1992. Nathan Lincoln Hecht wrote the opinion for the court.

834 S.W.2d 4 · Cited 381 times

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Precedents cited

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LeCroy v. Hanlon · 713 S.W.2d 335
O'QUINN v. State Bar of Texas · 763 S.W.2d 397
Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard · 452 U.S. 89
Casso v. Brand · 776 S.W.2d 551
Sax v. Votteler · 648 S.W.2d 661
Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652
Commonwealth v. Edmunds · 586 A.2d 887
State v. Kennedy · 666 P.2d 1316
Burrows v. Superior Court · 529 P.2d 590
State v. Jewett · 500 A.2d 233
O'Neill v. Oakgrove Construction, Inc. · 71 N.Y.2d 521
Dallas General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers v. Wamix, Inc. · 295 S.W.2d 873
People v. Rolfingsmeyer · 461 N.E.2d 410
Heitman v. State · 815 S.W.2d 681
State v. Hunt · 450 A.2d 952
Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby · 777 S.W.2d 391
State v. Coe · 679 P.2d 353
State v. Beno · 341 N.W.2d 668
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Arizona Corp. Commission · 773 P.2d 455
City of Hillsboro v. Purcell · 761 P.2d 510
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47
People v. Brisendine · 531 P.2d 1099
Urbish v. 127th Judicial District Court · 708 S.W.2d 429

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