Ex Parte Caldwell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the substance, and not the title governs when interpreting a document
• holding that the substance, and not the title governs when interpreting a document
• stating that “it is the substance of the motion that governs, not the title”
• stating that “it is the substance of the motion that governs, not the title”
• observing that it is substance of filing, not title, that governs
• stating that substance of motion governs, not title

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Panetti v. Quarterman
  Supreme Court· 2007-06-28· cited 1,422×
• Lomax v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-27· cited 181×
• Smith v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-25· cited 90×
• Green, Jonathan Marcus
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-06-27· cited 58×
• Druery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-30· cited 53×
• Staley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-12· cited 50×
• Orlando Salinas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-03-06· cited 22×
• Patterson v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-05-18· cited 18×
• Staley, Steven Kenneth
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-09-11· cited 16×
• Cosio v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2010-08-23· cited 13×
• In Re Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2012-03-14· cited 8×
• Reginald Craig Hill v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-09-27
• Patricia Garcia v. Beverly Workman
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2002-02-12
• Walter Burton Hawkins v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2003-03-26
• in Re: David George Baugh
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2009-06-17
• Ex Parte: Kirk Wayne McBride, Sr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-08-25
• Santos Elias Gonzales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-04-30
• Panetti, Scott Louis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-01-28
• Staley, Steven Kenneth
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-12
• Lomax, Mark Wayne
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-27

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ford v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,525×
• Caldwell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-16· cited 241×