State Court of Appeals / Tex. App.

Houston Independent School District v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.

Decided August 9, 1990. Steven Hughes wrote the opinion for the court.

798 S.W.2d 580 · Cited 90 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.

Knight v. International Harvester Credit Corp. · 627 S.W.2d 382
McCain v. Yost · 284 S.W.2d 898
Ex Parte Abell · 613 S.W.2d 255
State v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · 141 Tex. 40
Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance v. Wear · 251 S.W.2d 525
National Carloading Corp. v. Phoenix-El Paso Express, Inc. · 176 S.W.2d 564
Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Mattox · 767 S.W.2d 695
Oake v. Collin County · 692 S.W.2d 454
One 1980 Pontiac v. State · 707 S.W.2d 881
Brantley v. Phoenix Insurance Co. · 536 S.W.2d 72
Matter of Marriage of Roach · 773 S.W.2d 28

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