Arberry v. Beavers

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that mandamus “does not lie to instruct [public officers and courts of inferior jurisdiction] as to the manner in which they shall discharge a duty which involves the exercise of discretion or judgment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Walker v. Packer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-05-07· cited 8,808×
• Womack v. Berry
  Texas Supreme Court· 1956-06-06· cited 275×
• Sansom v. Mercer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1887-06-14· cited 70×
• Screwmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. Benson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1890-03-14· cited 67×
• Yett v. Cook
  Texas Supreme Court· 1925-01-20· cited 47×
• Fisher v. City of Charleston
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1881-04-02· cited 47×
• People ex rel. Raster v. Healy
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1907-10-23· cited 39×
• Heaton v. Bristol
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1958-10-02· cited 38×
• O'Ferrall v. Colby
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1858-12-15· cited 32×
• People ex rel. Green v. Board of Commissioners
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1898-12-21· cited 32×
• Perkins v. Ingalsbe
  Texas Supreme Court· 1961-06-14· cited 26×
• Doolittle v. County Court of Cabell County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1886-07-02· cited 25×
• Marini v. Graham
  California Supreme Court· 1885-06-23· cited 24×
• H. Tebbs, Inc. v. Silver Eagle Distributors, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-06-13· cited 18×
• Dotson v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1947-06-02· cited 18×
• City of San Antonio v. Zogheib
  Texas Supreme Court· 1937-02-10· cited 18×
• Knowles v. Scofield
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-04-30· cited 17×
• Shotwell v. Covington
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1892-04-15· cited 17×
• State ex rel. Bennett v. Same
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1892-12-31· cited 13×
• McGuire v. City of Dallas
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1941-05-22· cited 11×