Ex Parte Weise

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that an illegal dumping statute required a culpable mental state of at least “recklessly” despite fact it was clearly intended to protect public health, safety, and welfare
• holding “Appellant is merely an ordinary citizen, and the statute in question does not direct itself solely to businesses. This factor favors interpreting the statute as requiring a culpable mental state”
• finding the seriousness of possible punishment “to be a particularly weighty factor that militates against strict liability.”
• finding illegal dumping statute’s penalty of 180 days in jail or a fine not to exceed $2000 a “particularly weighty factor that militates against [the imposition of] strict liability”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex Parte Weise
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-09-19· cited 313×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-03-15· cited 33×
• Telia D. Casel v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-07· cited 21×
• State v. Walker
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-04-28· cited 12×
• State v. Abdallah
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-10-25· cited 9×
• Robledo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-06-12· cited 2×
• Shagroun, Mohamed Ahmed v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-05-30
• Robledo, Ruth Mara v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-06-12
• State v. Dennis Howard Walker
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-04-28
• Sammy Roach v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2007-08-23

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 6,606×
• Morissette v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-07· cited 3,056×
• Aguirre v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-08· cited 103×
• Ex Parte Ayers
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-04-11· cited 62×
• American Plant Food Corp. v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-09-26· cited 39×
• Owen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-07-23· cited 31×
• Neill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1949-06-15· cited 25×
• Exxon Co., U.S.A. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1983-03-23· cited 4×