Harris County Precinct Four Constable Department v. Grabowski

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• holding that deputy’s belief that he had reported a violation of law was not reasonable where the violation was simply that of an internal departmental policy
• holding that deputy’s belief that he had reported a violation of law was not reasonable where the violation was simply that of an internal departmental policy
• holding that deputy's belief that he had reported a violation of law was not reasonable where the violation was simply that of an internal departmental policy
• concluding that officer’s belief “that Constable Moore violated the law fails to satisfy the second prong because his belief was not reasonable in light of his experience as a peace officer”
• holding statute did not apply to reported violation of constable = s internal policies
• holding that the officer failed to prove that he had an objective good- faith belief that the constable violated the law because “he presented no evidence of a law he believed [the constable] violated,” and he “openly admitted that he could think of no traffic law violated”

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Cited by

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

• Rogers v. City of Fort Worth
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-10-17· cited 94×
• University of Houston v. Stephen Barth
  Texas Supreme Court· 2013-06-14· cited 70×
• Duvall v. Texas Department of Human Services
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-04-18· cited 60×
• Town of Flower Mound v. Teague
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-06-26· cited 57×
• Llanes v. Corpus Christi Independent School District
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-01-24· cited 48×
• Ruiz v. City of San Antonio
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-03-26· cited 47×
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. McElyea
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-07-26· cited 44×
• Denton v. Morgan
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-03-23· cited 43×
• Turner v. Perry
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-02-26· cited 37×
• Bexar County v. Lopez
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2002-10-31· cited 30×
• City of Brenham v. Honerkamp
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-10-02· cited 28×
• County of Bexar v. Steward
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-05-12· cited 24×
• City of Houston v. Kallina
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-02-06· cited 19×
• University of Houston v. Barth
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-10-13· cited 16×
• City of Waco v. Lopez
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2005-12-14· cited 12×
• Donlevy v. City of the Colony
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-16· cited 10×
• Wichita County v. Hart
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-15· cited 9×
• Dallas County v. Logan, Roy
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-01-09· cited 9×
• Vela v. City of Houston
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-10-13· cited 8×
• College of the Mainland v. Douglas Meneke
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-23· cited 8×