David Cruz v. Greg Abbott

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a transitive verb verb
• “Although our precedent is not binding on Texas courts when interpreting statutes, it is reasonable to assume that the legislature was aware of these decisions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Travis Seals v. Brandon McBee
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-08-03· cited 29×
• Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-08-16· cited 26×
• Simpson v. Moore
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-06-28· cited 1×
• Travis Seals v. Brandon McBee
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-08-09
• The State of Texas v. Rodney Ortiz
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2023-08-30
• Dawud Abdullah v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2024-08-14
• The State of Texas v. Isaias Burciaga
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2024-08-23
• Anna Mercedez Gutierrez v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2024-12-16
• Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Texas Attorney General, and the State of Texas v. Annunciation House, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2025-05-30
• The State of Texas v. Nonparty Patient No. 1, Nonparty Patient No. 2, Nonparty Patient No. 3, Nonparty Patient No. 4, Nonparty Patient No. 5, Nonparty Patient No. 6, Nonparty Patient No. 7, and Nonparty Patient No. 8, Nonparty Patient No. 9, Nonparty Patient No. 10, and Nonparty Patient No. 11
  Tex. App. Ct., 15th Dist.· 2025-06-09
• Woodlands Pride v. Paxton
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-11-06
• Dawud Abdullah v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2026-05-27

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 2,590×
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-05· cited 2,028×
• Doe v. Bolton
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-26· cited 1,432×
• Texas Lottery Commission v. First State Bank of DeQueen
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-10-01· cited 589×
• Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
  Supreme Court· 2014-06-16· cited 584×
• Maribel Delrio-Mocci v. Connolly Properties Inc
  Third Circuit· 2012-02-24· cited 238×
• Valle Del Sol v. State of Arizona
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-10-08· cited 153×
• United States v. Thomas L. Varkonyi
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-05-20· cited 105×
• Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights v. Governor of Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-08-20· cited 102×
• United States v. Deanna Costello
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-01-31· cited 82×
• Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. City of League City
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-05-30· cited 81×
• Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Ford Motor Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-11-19· cited 74×
• United States v. Ozcelik
  Third Circuit· 2008-05-27· cited 65×
• United States v. Angel Rubio-Gonzalez
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-05-06· cited 60×
• Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-07-23· cited 51×
• Texas Department of Public Safety v. Gilbreath
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-12-23· cited 47×
• United States v. Vargas-Cordon
  Second Circuit· 2013-08-12· cited 40×
• United States v. Margarita Acosta De Evans
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-02-12· cited 32×
• United States v. Michael McClellan
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-07-21· cited 28×