GTE Communications Systems Corp. v. Tanner

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that rule 215’s requirement that sanctions be “just” is equivalent to rule 13’s requirement that they be “appropriate”
• holding that rule 215 = s requirement that sanctions be A just @ is equivalent to rule 13 = s requirement that they be A appropriate @
• stating that the requirement that rule 13 sanctions be “appropriate” is the equivalent of rule 215’s requirement that they be “just”
• giving no deference to unsupported conclusions in the trial court’s order, which stated without explanation that lesser sanctions would have been ineffective
• giving no deference to unsupported conclusions in the trial court’s order, which stated without explanation that lesser sanctions would have been ineffective
• considering rule 13 sanctions and stating that courts generally presume that pleadings and papers are filed in good faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cire v. Cummings
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-04-23· cited 1,317×
• Low v. Henry
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-04-20· cited 1,041×
• Wheeler v. Green
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-02-11· cited 497×
• Metzger v. Sebek
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-11-10· cited 438×
• Howell v. Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-08-12· cited 226×
• In re Lee
  Texas Supreme Court· 2013-09-27· cited 225×
• Spohn Hospital v. Mayer
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-04-24· cited 224×
• In Re Kuntz
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-12-19· cited 199×
• Rahul K. Nath, M.D. v. Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
  Texas Supreme Court· 2014-08-29· cited 181×
• Monroe v. Grider
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1994-08-08· cited 149×
• Tompkins v. Cyr
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-01-28· cited 146×
• Randolph v. Walker
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-10-26· cited 116×
• Alejandro v. Bell
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-08-22· cited 116×
• Dallas Independent School District v. Finlan
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2000-10-03· cited 112×
• Texas-Ohio Gas, Inc. v. Mecom
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2000-08-23· cited 111×
• Jimenez v. Transwestern Property Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-07-29· cited 109×
• Paselk v. Rabun
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-06-16· cited 101×
• Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. Lazy Nine Municipal Utility District Ex Rel. Board of Directors
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-07-18· cited 99×
• Tarrant County Hospital District v. Henry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-07-26· cited 88×
• In Re Bledsoe
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-03-14· cited 87×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Walker v. Packer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-05-07· cited 8,808×
• TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Powell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 1,144×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Honorable Robert Blackmon
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 469×
• Braden v. Downey
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 282×
• State v. Lowry
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-02-06· cited 96×
• Otis Elevator Co. v. Parmelee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-04-14· cited 88×
• GTE Communications Systems Corp. v. Curry
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1991-11-13· cited 44×