Abrams v. State

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• holding, based on language of article XI, section 5 of constitution, ordinance that conflicted with statute was void
• holding, based on language of article XI, section 5 of constitution, ordinance that conflicted with statute was void
• declaring a speeding ordinance of the City of Arlington 13 MR 0218 null and void because it was contrary to the state statute regulating the permissible speed of motor vehicles

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex Parte Ybarra
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-31· cited 157×
• Honeycutt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-30· cited 43×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-07-13· cited 39×
• State v. Chacon
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-10-08· cited 21×
• Martin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1987-04-30· cited 6×
• Norris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-09-20· cited 2×
• Charles Liverman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1996-04-03
• State v. Sophia D. Chacon
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-09-17
• Houston Police Officers' Union v. Houston Professional Fire Fighters' Association, Iaff Local 341
  Texas Supreme Court· 2023-03-31
• In Re City of Denton, Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor of Denton, Brian Beck, Mayor Pro Tem of Denton, Vicki Byrd, Paul Meltzer, Joe Holland, Brandon Chase McGee and Chris Watts, Members of the City Council of Denton, Sara Hensley, City Manager of Denton, and Doug Shoemaker, Chief of Police of Denton, in Their Official Capacities v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 15th Dist.· 2025-03-19