State Supreme Court / Tex.

Williams v. Lara

Decided June 28, 2001. Deborah Hankinson wrote the opinion for the court.

52 S.W.3d 171 · Cited 771 times

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Lara v. Williams · 986 S.W.2d 310
Osborne v. Keith · 177 S.W.2d 198
Scarpino v. Grosshiem · 852 F. Supp. 798
Bland Independent School District v. Blue · 34 S.W.3d 547
Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247
Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · 507 U.S. 163
United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36
Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447
Levitt v. Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty · 413 U.S. 472
Sloan v. Lemon · 413 U.S. 825
Torres v. City of Yorba Linda · 13 Cal. App. 4th 1035
Cornelius v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority · 49 Cal. App. 4th 1761
Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board · 852 S.W.2d 440
Davis v. State · 904 S.W.2d 946
Stumes v. Bloomberg · 1996 SD 93
Calvert v. Hull · 475 S.W.2d 907
Collins v. State · 2000 ME 85
Guaranty Federal Savings Bank v. Horseshoe Operating Co. · 793 S.W.2d 652
GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF THE STATE OF TEX. v. Oxy USA, Inc. · 789 S.W.2d 569
Hunt v. Bass · 664 S.W.2d 323
Douglas v. Delp · 987 S.W.2d 879
Blum v. Lanier · 997 S.W.2d 259
Harvey v. Cobb County, Ga. · 811 F. Supp. 669
Warburton v. Underwood · 2 F. Supp. 2d 306
Muhammad v. City of New York Dept. of Corrections · 904 F. Supp. 161

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