Ex Parte Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that judgment based on terms of settlement agreement must be interpreted under law of contracts rather than law of judgments
• holding that judgment based on terms of settlement agreement must be interpreted under law of contracts rather than law of judgments
• holding that judgment based on terms of settlement agreement must be interpreted under law of contracts rather than law of judgments
• “This agreed judgment must be interpreted as if it were a contract . . . and the interpretation thereof is governed by the laws relating to contracts, rather than laws relating to judgments.”
• ―This agreed judgment must be interpreted as if it were a contract . . . and the interpretation thereof is governed by the laws relating to contracts, rather than laws relating to judgments.‖
• “This agreed judgment must be interpreted as if it were a contract . . . and the interpretation thereof is governed by the laws relating to contracts, rather than laws relating to judgments.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Scott v. Liebman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-05-18· cited 214×
• Francis v. Francis
  Texas Supreme Court· 1967-03-01· cited 148×
• Gracia v. RC Cola-7-Up Bottling Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-04-04· cited 138×
• McGoodwin v. McGoodwin
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-06-20· cited 105×
• In Re Coppock
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-02-13· cited 69×
• McCray v. McCray
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-06-27· cited 66×
• Miller v. Miller
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1985-11-13· cited 66×
• Ex Parte Ramzy
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-01-31· cited 65×
• Hutchings v. Bates
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-07-13· cited 49×
• Cardwell v. Sicola-Cardwell
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-10-15· cited 28×
• Forney v. Jorrie
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-05-08· cited 27×
• Conner v. Bean
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-12-31· cited 23×
• Akin v. Akin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1967-07-05· cited 21×
• Peddicord v. Peddicord
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1975-03-27· cited 21×
• Price v. Commissioner
  U.S. Tax Court· 1968-03-26· cited 21×
• Woolam v. Tussing
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-08-02· cited 20×
• Ex Parte Buckhanan
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1981-10-15· cited 20×
• Miller v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1971-01-28· cited 15×
• Duke v. Duke
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-11-10· cited 15×
• O'Connor v. O'Connor
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1985-05-22· cited 14×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edwards v. Gifford
  Texas Supreme Court· 1941-11-05· cited 73×
• Ex parte Fisher
  Texas Supreme Court· 1948-01-21· cited 57×
• Ex Parte Tyler
  Texas Supreme Court· 1953-10-07· cited 36×
• Mobley v. Mobley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1949-04-06· cited 32×
• Ex Parte La Rocca
  Texas Supreme Court· 1955-10-12· cited 30×
• Turman v. Turman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1933-11-01· cited 18×