Barrington v. Cokinos

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• holding that voters’ approval of generally worded bond proposition gave governing body discretion to use the bond proceeds for a particular project within the proposition’s broad scope
• holding that voters' approval of generally worded bond proposition gave governing body discretion to use the bond proceeds for a particular project within the proposition's broad scope
• holding that the constitution does not invalidate an expenditure which incidentally benefits another party if the expenditure is made for the direct accomplishment of a legitimate public purpose
• holding that the constitution does not invalidate an expenditure which incidentally benefits another party if the expenditure is made for the direct accomplishment of a legitimate public purpose
• recognizing that a \court has no right to substitute its judgment and discretion for the judgment and discretion of the governing body upon whom the law visits the primary power and duty to act\
• recognizing that a \court has no right to substitute its judgment and discretion for the judgment and discretion of the governing body upon whom the law visits the primary power and duty to act\

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Cited by

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

• Clear Lake City Water Authority v. Kirby Lake Development, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-09· cited 33×
• Brazos River Authority v. Carr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-07-27· cited 33×
• Key v. Commissioners Court of Marion County
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-04· cited 28×
• Brazoria County v. Perry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-04-22· cited 24×
• Moore v. City of Corpus Christi
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-14· cited 18×
• Barnett v. City of Plainview
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1993-02-22· cited 15×
• State Ex Rel. White v. Bradley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-11-06· cited 15×
• Parks v. Elliott
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1971-03-24· cited 14×
• Lipscomb v. Randall
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-03-18· cited 14×
• Zimmelman v. Harris County
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-09-12· cited 13×
• Southern Disposal, Inc. v. City of Blossom
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-06-09· cited 12×
• Gallagher Headquarters Ranch Development, Ltd. v. City of San Antonio
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-07-23· cited 10×
• EP Hotel Partners, LP and Spokane Equities Limited Partnership, LTD v. City of El Paso, Mayor Oscar Leeser, City Representatives Emma Acosta, Carl L. Robinson, Michiel R. Noe, Courtney C. Niland, Ann Morgan Lilly, Larry Romero, Claudia Ordaz, Lily Limon, and EP VIDA, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2017-08-04· cited 5×
• City of Beaumont v. Marks
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-03-28· cited 2×
• Mallek v. City of San Benito
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-09-17· cited 1×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-11-23· cited 1×
• New Rochelle Water Co. v. City of New Rochelle
  New York Supreme Court· 1962-03-23· cited 1×
• Gallagher Headquarters Ranch Development, Ltd., Christopher Hill and Julie Hooper v. City of San Antonio, Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-07-23
• Youree Culberson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-07-26
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-09

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. City of Austin
  Texas Supreme Court· 1960-01-06· cited 240×
• Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
  Supreme Court· 1928-11-19· cited 110×
• City of Austin v. Thompson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1949-03-23· cited 38×
• City of Beaumont v. Priddie
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1933-07-26· cited 15×
• Knoxville Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. City of Knoxville
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1925-09-06· cited 14×
• Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. v. Hightower
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1940-11-20· cited 13×
• Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. v. Hightower
  Texas Supreme Court· 1940-11-20· cited 9×
• Duval v. Clark
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-01-14· cited 8×

Other cases named Barrington v. Cokinos

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Barrington v. Cokinos
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1959-06-04· cited 7×