State Supreme Court / Tex.

Harris County v. Sykes

Decided May 28, 2004. Thomas R. Phillips wrote the opinion for the court.

136 S.W.3d 635 · Cited 1,020 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

Thomas v. Oldham · 895 S.W.2d 352
Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda · 133 S.W.3d 217
Bland Independent School District v. Blue · 34 S.W.3d 547
Dallas Cty. Mental Health and Mental Retardation v. Bossley · 968 S.W.2d 339
Bybee v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 331 S.W.2d 910
Mullins v. Estelle High Security Unit · 111 S.W.3d 268
Ab-Tex Beverage Corp. v. Angelo State University · 96 S.W.3d 683
Mayhew v. Town of Sunnyvale · 964 S.W.2d 922
Wichita Falls State Hospital v. Taylor · 106 S.W.3d 692
Subaru of America, Inc. v. David McDavid Nissan, Inc. · 84 S.W.3d 212
Texas Department of Corrections v. Herring · 513 S.W.2d 6
State Ex Rel. State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Gonzalez · 82 S.W.3d 322
San Antonio State Hospital v. Cowan · 128 S.W.3d 244
Friesenhahn v. Ryan · 960 S.W.2d 656
City of Midland v. Sullivan · 33 S.W.3d 1
Owens Corning v. Carter · 997 S.W.2d 560
Thomas v. Skinner · 54 S.W.3d 845
Camacho v. Samaniego · 831 S.W.2d 804
Lamar University v. Doe · 971 S.W.2d 191
Cervantes v. Tyson Foods, Inc. · 130 S.W.3d 152
Ling Yin Liu v. City of San Antonio · 88 S.W.3d 737
Hampton v. University of Texas—M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · 6 S.W.3d 627
Lowry v. Pearce · 72 S.W.3d 752

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

City of Floresville, Texas, City of Floresville City Council, City of Floresville City Planning and Zoning Committee, and the Wilson County Appraisal District v. Starnes Investment Group, LLC · 502 S.W.3d 859
Franka v. Velasquez · 332 S.W.3d 367
Sepulveda v. County of El Paso · 170 S.W.3d 605
Como v. CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS · 345 S.W.3d 786
Green Tree Servicing, LLC F/K/A Conseco Finance Servicing Corp. v. Ralph D. Woods and Karen Woods · 388 S.W.3d 785
City of Oak Ridge North v. Mendes · 339 S.W.3d 222
Gordon R. Gross v. the City of Houston · 391 S.W.3d 168
Texas a & M University System v. Koseoglu · 167 S.W.3d 374
Porter v. Grayson County · 224 S.W.3d 855
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department v. Garland · 313 S.W.3d 920
Texas a & M University System v. Koseoglu · 233 S.W.3d 835
Lanphier v. Avis · 244 S.W.3d 596
Jones v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division · 318 S.W.3d 398
City of Borger v. Garcia · 290 S.W.3d 325
Bates v. Pecos Cnty. · 546 S.W.3d 277
Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, Richard J. Tramm, Sam W. Baker, M. Scott Weisinger, Jim Stinson, John D. Bleyl, Jace Houston, Roy McCoy Jr., Rick Moffatt, and W. B. Wood v. City of Conroe, Texas, Quadvest, L.P., Woodland Oaks Utility, L.P., Crystal Springs Water Co., Inc., Everett Square, Inc., E.S. Water Consolidators, Inc., Utilities Investment Co., Inc., and T&W Water Service Company · 515 S.W.3d 406
Donohue v. Butts · 516 S.W.3d 578
Texas A&M University, Dave Parrott, and BG Joe Ramirez v. Gustavo Carapia · 494 S.W.3d 201
Willms v. Americas Tire Co., Inc. · 190 S.W.3d 796
Porretto v. Patterson · 251 S.W.3d 701
Garrett v. Williams · 250 S.W.3d 154
PRAIRIE VIEW a & M UNIVERSITY v. Brooks · 180 S.W.3d 694
City of Dallas v. Turley · 316 S.W.3d 762
City of Houston v. Downstream Environmental, L.L.C. · 444 S.W.3d 24
City of Alton v. Sharyland Water Supply Corp. · 277 S.W.3d 132

Explore from here

Thomas R. Phillips’s Judicial Record · Tex. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).