Gibson v. Tolbert

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to appoint counsel where civil case did not involve exceptional circumstances
• holding that “inmate suits against prison personnel, rather than rare and unusual, are common” and, therefore, such suits do not constitute exceptional circumstances warranting appointed counsel
• recognizing that various courts of appeals have stated that trial court has discretion to appoint counsel in civil cases in which exceptional circumstances exist, and assuming that such discretionary authority exists
• recognizing that exceptional circumstances might warrant appointment of counsel in civil cases
• holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to appoint counsel to represent inmate in medical malpractice suit against prison doctor because inmate suits against prison officials are common
• holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to appoint counsel to represent inmate in medical malpractice suit against prison doctor because inmate suits against prison officials are common

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In the Interest of E.R.W.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-09-05· cited 210×
• Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's Office
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-05-16· cited 168×
• Wigfall v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-04-15· cited 36×
• In re C.L.S.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2012-10-31· cited 33×
• In re State
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-04-27· cited 18×
• Bankhead v. Spence
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2010-03-24· cited 16×
• In Re El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2005-09-15· cited 13×
• Ex Parte Munoz
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-05-12· cited 10×
• Burke v. Lewis
  Utah Supreme Court· 2005-07-12· cited 6×
• in Re Clarence D. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-01· cited 2×
• William Harris v. Anika Bell-Gray
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-09-02
• Darrell J. Harper v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-09-02
• Lawrence Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's Office
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-05-16
• Joseph Reed v. TDCJ-ID
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-07-10
• Dan Thomas v. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-07-08
• Jerry Wigfall v. Tdcj
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-04-15
• Russell Don Sneed
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-02-02
• Alvin Charles Duncan v. City of Houston
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-01-26
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-03-18
• James Arnett Roughley v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-12-06

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Travelers Indemnity Co. of Connecticut v. Mayfield
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 362×
• Knie v. Piskun
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2000-05-17· cited 121×
• Spigener v. Wallis
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-06-12· cited 85×
• Pedraza v. Crossroads Security Systems
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1997-12-18· cited 70×
• Hall v. Treon
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2001-03-29· cited 66×
• Coleman v. Lynaugh
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-11-27· cited 61×
• Tolbert v. Gibson
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-01-16· cited 8×