Briscoe v. Goodmark Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that application of “law of the case” doctrine lies within the discretion of the court, depending upon the circumstances surrounding each case
• noting that under law-of-the-case doctrine, court of appeals “ordinarily bound by its initial decision” in subsequent appeals for same case
• referring to “our oft-repeated position that a party should not lose the right to appeal because of an ‘overly technical’ application of the law”
• defining law of the case doctrine and explaining its aim at ‘putting an end to litigation”
• referring to “our oft‑repeated position that a party should not lose the right to appeal because of an ‘overly technical’ application of the law”
• “Finding clear error in its first decision, [the court of appeals] had the power to overturn that first decision on the second appeal. . . . Because its first decision was clearly erroneous, the law of the case doctrine did not apply.”

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Cited by

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

• Willis v. Donnelly
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-06-02· cited 285×
• Paradigm Oil, Inc. v. Retamco Operating, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-06-22· cited 164×
• City of Houston v. Jackson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-04-07· cited 132×
• Wohlfahrt v. Holloway
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-08-18· cited 107×
• Saudi v. Brieven
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-10-28· cited 104×
• Willis v. Donnelly
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-10-30· cited 87×
• Texas Parks & Wildlife Department v. Dearing
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-08-03· cited 67×
• Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. v. Johnson
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-07-21· cited 66×
• Cessna Aircraft Co. v. AIRCRAFT NETWORK, LLC.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-05-27· cited 60×
• Brown & Brown of Texas, Inc. v. Omni Metals, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-05-05· cited 57×
• Guest v. Dixon
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-06-16· cited 46×
• City of Houston v. Harris
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-04-13· cited 43×
• Rodgers v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-11-24· cited 42×
• In Re Guardianship of Cantu De Villarreal
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2010-11-18· cited 42×
• Gross v. Carroll
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-03-28· cited 40×
• Barber v. Mercer
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-15· cited 36×
• Caprock Investment Corp. v. Montgomery
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2010-07-08· cited 34×
• Gotham Insurance Co. v. Warren E & P, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2014-03-21· cited 34×
• Teal Trading & Development, LP v. Champee Springs Ranches Property Owners Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-07-05· cited 33×
• In Re Prudential Securities, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-03-30· cited 27×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-02-01· cited 4,923×
• Verburgt v. Dorner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-02-13· cited 2,685×
• North East Independent School District v. Aldridge
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-03-30· cited 868×
• Hudson v. Wakefield
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 519×
• Continental Airlines, Inc. v. Kiefer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-04-12· cited 166×
• Ex Parte Granger
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-02-10· cited 140×
• Howlett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-06-09· cited 91×
• Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Faber
  Texas Supreme Court· 1888-02-21· cited 44×
• Connecticutt General Life Insurance v. Bryson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1949-01-05· cited 38×

Other cases named Briscoe v. Goodmark Corp.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Briscoe v. Goodmark Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-12-04· cited 16×
• Briscoe v. Goodmark Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-04-18· cited 2×