Greenberg v. Brookshire

How courts have described this case

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

• trial court has no discretion to deny nonsuit and must perform ministerial duty of entering order
• trial court has no discretion to deny nonsuit unless prior to notice of nonsuit, defendant has filed pleadings seeking affirmative relief
• trial court has no discretion to deny nonsuit unless defendant has prior to notice of nonsuit filed pleadings seeking affirmative relief
• per After the hearing, Richard filed a request to enforce curiam
• granting nonsuit is merely a ministerial act
• granting nonsuit is merely a ministerial act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Bennett
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-03-13· cited 422×
• BHP Petroleum Co., Inc. v. Millard
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-23· cited 372×
• GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF THE STATE OF TEX. v. Oxy USA, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-05-16· cited 354×
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston v. Estate of Blackmon Ex Rel. Shultz
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-06-09· cited 288×
• In Re Greater Houston Orthopaedic Specialists, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-08-28· cited 120×
• Shadowbrook Apartments v. Abu-Ahmad
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-01-31· cited 100×
• In Re Kasschau
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-02-14· cited 93×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Specia
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-03-24· cited 69×
• QUANTO INTERN. CO., INC. v. Lloyd
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-04-04· cited 57×
• Wayne v. A.V.A. Vending, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-07-12· cited 53×
• Williams v. National Mortgage Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1995-07-25· cited 49×
• In Re Fuselier
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2001-10-18· cited 46×
• Avmanco, Inc. v. City of Grand Prairie
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-08-26· cited 45×
• Rogers v. Clinton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-09-06· cited 45×
• Leon Springs Gas Co. v. Restaurant Equipment Leasing Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1997-12-17· cited 44×
• Baca v. Hoover, Bax, & Shearer
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-16· cited 42×
• United Oil & Minerals, Inc. v. Costilla Energy, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1999-08-31· cited 41×
• McGowen v. Mau-Ping Huang
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-11-25· cited 37×
• Zimmerman v. Ottis
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1996-12-12· cited 37×
• Harris County Appraisal District v. Wittig
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-07-28· cited 36×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Ex Rel. Dishman v. Gary
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-07-02· cited 45×
• Texas Electric Ry. v. Cox
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1932-05-16· cited 21×
• McQuillen v. Hughes
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-12-02· cited 13×
• Cape Oil Company v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-04-11· cited 11×
• United Service Agencies v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-08-10· cited 3×
• Lovelace v. Shawhart
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1955-10-03· cited 2×