Ex Parte Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that contemnor who was sentenced to jail and released on bond was sufficiently restrained to justify issuance of writ of habeas corpus
• concluding that Williams’s liberty was restrained even though he was out on bond because incarceration “is not a speculative possibility where the unfolding of events may render the controversy moot; his bond could be revoked at any time”
• noting that contemnor’s liberty was restrained even though contemnor was out on bond because “his bond could be revoked at any time, resulting in his incarceration”
• finding restraint on the petitioner’s liberty where petitioner’s “bond could be revoked at any time, resulting in his incarceration.”
• while applicant for writ of habeas corpus need not actually be confined, some character of restraint is required
• “‘It is not required that the applicant for a writ of habeas corpus be actually confined in a jail. Any character of restraint which precludes absolute and perfect freedom of action will justify the issuance of the writ.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Metzger v. Sebek
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-11-10· cited 438×
• Bradt v. West
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-12-22· cited 213×
• Rosser v. Squier
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-29· cited 107×
• Ex Parte Brister
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 83×
• Hernandez v. Hernandez
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2010-06-30· cited 55×
• Ex Parte Casillas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-07-26· cited 42×
• Pandozy v. Beaty
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-05-02· cited 37×
• In Re Ragland
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1998-07-20· cited 36×
• Ex Parte Rosser
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1995-06-15· cited 29×
• Ex Parte Bowers
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-11-17· cited 29×
• Collins v. Kegans
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-01-30· cited 28×
• Drew v. Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-07-02· cited 24×
• In Re Pierre
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2001-02-15· cited 24×
• Ex Parte Hughey
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1996-10-23· cited 21×
• Vernon v. Vernon
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2005-11-03· cited 18×
• Wead v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-11-14· cited 16×
• In Re Naylor
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-12-02· cited 11×
• in the Estate of Cecelia Margaret Gibbons
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-11-07· cited 11×
• In Re Easton
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-08-10· cited 10×
• In Re Ross
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2003-04-17· cited 9×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-18· cited 742×
• Deramus v. Thornton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1960-02-24· cited 122×
• Ex Parte Trillo
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-09-15· cited 54×
• Ex Parte Green
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-07-09· cited 7×