Bird v. W.C.W.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he administration of justice requires full and free disclosure from witnesses unhampered by fear of retaliatory lawsuits.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Metzger v. Sebek
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-11-10· cited 438×
• Roberts v. Williamson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 323×
• Kerrville State Hospital v. Clark
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 297×
• SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Doe
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-07-21· cited 290×
• Althaus Ex Rel. Althaus v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-22· cited 259×
• Chon Tri v. J.T.T.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-05-13· cited 257×
• Van Horn v. Chambers
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 233×
• Nabors Drilling, U.S.A., Inc. v. Escoto
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-06-19· cited 225×
• Golden Spread Council, Inc. 562 of the Boy Scouts of America v. Akins
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-12· cited 220×
• Texas Home Management, Inc. v. Peavy
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-10-31· cited 170×
• Lee C. Ritchie v. Ann Caldwell Rupe, as Trustee for the Dallas Gordon Rupe, III 1995 Family Trust
  Texas Supreme Court· 2014-06-20· cited 170×
• Praesel v. Johnson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-06-23· cited 152×
• Humble Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Gomez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-09-17· cited 143×
• Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Companies v. Sears
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-08-30· cited 136×
• Kimber v. Sideris
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1999-11-23· cited 126×
• Krishnan v. Sepulveda
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 125×
• McIntyre v. Wilson
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2001-06-22· cited 123×
• Lawson v. B Four Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-12-15· cited 107×
• Zamstein v. Marvasti
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-22· cited 105×
• Madison Ex Rel. M.M. v. Williamson
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-11-16· cited 102×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-30· cited 950×
• El Chico Corp. v. Poole
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-06-03· cited 844×
• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Otis Engineering Corp. v. Clark
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-11-30· cited 472×
• James v. Brown
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-07-14· cited 304×
• Graff v. Beard
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-09-10· cited 245×
• Reagan v. Guardian Life Insurance
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-12-09· cited 214×
• Gooden v. Tips
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1983-04-28· cited 75×
• Fought v. Solce
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-09-26· cited 50×
• Dominguez v. Kelly
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1990-03-14· cited 38×
• Armstrong v. Morgan
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-12-21· cited 33×
• Wilson v. Winsett
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1992-05-05· cited 27×
• City of Brady v. Bennie
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 1987-07-09· cited 16×
• M.S. & T.S. v. All Saints Episcopal Hospital
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-23· cited 16×
• W.C.W. v. Bird
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1992-08-31· cited 15×
• Vineyard v. Kraft
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-26· cited 15×
• Leigh v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-11-04· cited 13×
• Doe v. Blake
  D. Connecticut· 1992-02-29· cited 12×
• Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Stewart
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-09-29· cited 8×