State Supreme Court / Tex.

Texas Department of Public Safety v. Petta

Decided June 7, 2001. Craig T. Enoch wrote the opinion for the court.

44 S.W.3d 575 · Cited 353 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.

University of Texas Medical Branch v. York · 871 S.W.2d 175
Eagle Properties, Ltd. v. Scharbauer · 807 S.W.2d 714
Petta v. State · 840 S.W.2d 721
City of Brownsville v. Alvarado · 897 S.W.2d 750
Johnson & Higgins of Texas, Inc. v. Kenneco Energy, Inc. · 962 S.W.2d 507
Swilley v. Hughes · 488 S.W.2d 64
Sysco Food Services, Inc. v. Trapnell · 890 S.W.2d 796
State v. Terrell · 588 S.W.2d 784
Williams v. State · 630 S.W.2d 640
Tarter v. Metropolitan Savings & Loan Ass'n · 744 S.W.2d 926

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