Ex Parte Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• denial of application for habeas relief without written order constitutes decision on merits by Court of Criminal Appeals
• “In determining the nature of a disposition, however, we look beyond mere labels to the substance of the action taken.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lookingbill v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-06-03· cited 131×
• Larry Lee Bledsue v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-10-07· cited 128×
• Julius James Larry, III v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-19· cited 79×
• Ex Parte Johnson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-16· cited 61×
• Ex Parte Golden
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-12· cited 58×
• Skinner, Henry Watkins
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-03-09· cited 27×
• Hartfield v. Quarterman
  S.D. Texas· 2009-02-25· cited 5×
• Moore v. Quarterman
  W.D. Texas· 2007-12-20· cited 4×
• Bledsue v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-08-31
• Larry v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-03-16
• Ex Parte: Albert Acevedo, Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-11-09
• Medina-Gonzalez, Marco Polo
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-28
• Gordon, Robert
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-24
• Colvin, Billy Gordon
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-12-28
• Colvin, Billy Gordon
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-12-28
• Anthony Whitney Norman v. Deanna Williamson, Clerk of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, in Her Official Capacity as Clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and in Her Individual Capacity And Chief Justice Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2021-02-11
• GRIFFIN, EX PARTE GARY v. the State of Texas
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2025-09-03