Davis v. Ector County, Tex.

How courts have described this case

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

• “The function of the reviewing court with respect to instructions is to satisfy itself that the instructions show no tendency to confuse or mislead the jury with respect to the applicable principles of law.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “The function of the reviewing court with respect to instructions is to satisfy itself that the instructions show no tendency to confuse or mislead the jury with respect to the applicable principles of law.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• Ector County District Attorney was a “county official”
• articulating purpose of similar Texas whistleblower law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kinney v. Weaver
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-24· cited 226×
• Davis v. McKinney
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-02-21· cited 201×
• Johnson v. Sawyer,et al
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-22· cited 155×
• Brotherton v. Cleveland
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-04-14· cited 106×
• Wallace v. County of Comal
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-02-14· cited 83×
• Philip Cabrol, Gloria Cabrol v. Town of Youngsville Lucas Denais, Mayor
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-02-24· cited 83×
• Turner v. Perry
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-02-26· cited 37×
• Bailets, R. v. Pa. Turnpike Commission, Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-03-27· cited 37×
• Hockaday v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Pardons & Paroles Division
  S.D. Texas· 1996-01-31· cited 20×
• Hill v. International Paper Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-21· cited 13×
• Johnson v. Miller
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-01-22· cited 11×
• Matthews v. High Island Independent School District
  S.D. Texas· 1998-01-22· cited 10×
• Wehran-Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Municipality of Arecibo
  D. Puerto Rico· 2000-07-06· cited 8×
• Jerry Davis v. Ector County, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-02-01· cited 7×
• Ganz v. Lyons Partnership, L.P.
  N.D. Texas· 1997-04-10· cited 6×
• Ohnesorge v. Winfree Academy Charter School
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2010-11-16· cited 5×
• Cabrol v. Town of Youngsville
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-02-24
• Hill v. Intl Paper Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-09-10
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Acceptance Indemnity Insu
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-03-24
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Acceptance Indemnity Insu
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-04-19

Cites

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

• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-22· cited 2,093×
• Rankin v. McPherson
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,766×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 1,047×
• Conaway v. Smith
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-08-02· cited 578×
• Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph Briscoe
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-06-18· cited 356×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in Its Corporate Capacity v. Gus S. Mijalis, and Gus S. Mijalis
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-05-02· cited 308×
• Carl Johnston v. Harris County Flood Control District
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-05-22· cited 252×
• Winters v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-09-06· cited 213×
• Raymond Louis Bender v. James A. Brumley
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-08-24· cited 202×
• Maureen E. Coughlin and Frank S. Mistretta v. Harry Lee A/K/A Jefferson Parish Sheriff
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-11-12· cited 182×
• Anderson v. State Bar of California
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-22· cited 154×
• Click v. Copeland
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-08-27· cited 151×
• Don A. Brawner v. City of Richardson, Texas, L.F. Eudy, Richardson Police Department Director, and Kenneth Yarbrough, Chief of Police
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-18· cited 148×
• Harvey A. Thompson v. City of Starkville, Mississippi, David Lindley, Larry Sisk, and Jimmy Raines, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-03· cited 148×
• Mary Turner, A/K/A Mary Turner Hind, a Feme Sole v. Upton County, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-09-11· cited 125×
• Castaneda v. Texas Department of Agriculture
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-06-25· cited 113×
• Marilyn Wilson v. Ut Health Center, Ut System Police Department, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-10-06· cited 111×
• Unsecured Creditors' Committee of C-T of Virginia, Inc. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-03-29· cited 111×