Harris County v. Gibbons

How courts have described this case

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

• officer’s failure to maintain proper lookout and keep a proper distance caused accident, not his action of checking license plate of vehicle he suspected was stolen
• “Statutory construction is a question of law, which we review de novo.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bustos v. Martini Club, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-03-05· cited 537×
• Hall v. Hubco, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-06-08· cited 57×
• Anderson v. Bessman
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2011-11-10· cited 52×
• PRAIRIE VIEW a & M UNIVERSITY v. Brooks
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-10-20· cited 48×
• Vonda Barnhart v. Sylvia Morales and Luis Perez
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-05· cited 44×
• Ogg v. Dillard's, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-11-09· cited 32×
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. Sullivan
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-02-07· cited 31×
• City of Houston v. Jenkins
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-04-04· cited 21×
• City of Balch Springs v. Austin
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2010-06-10· cited 17×
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2012-12-04· cited 14×
• Salazar v. Collins
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-03-18· cited 11×
• United Services Automobile Association v. Joseph Hayes, Jr and Joanne Hayes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-08-30· cited 9×
• Rey Garza v. Roxana Regalado Harrison and Joseph Santellana, Individually and as Respresentative of the Estate of Jonathen Anthony Santellana
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-07-25· cited 2×
• Frias v. Hernandez
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-07-03· cited 1×
• City of Austin v. Anwar Choudhary, Individually, and as Next Friend of A.C., a Minor, and Talat Choudhary
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-06-16
• Shannon McDowell v. Dillard's Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2007-08-30
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-05-28
• C. Joseph Salazar II v. James A. Collins and Jack M. Garner
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-02-27
• Dwayne Louis Morning v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2009-02-11
• Prairie View a & M University and Bill Turner D/B/A Turner Mechanical Services v. Eddie Ray Brooks
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-10-20

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-11-13· cited 3,583×
• Kindred v. Con/Chem, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-05-11· cited 1,865×
• Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-08· cited 1,624×
• State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Payne
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-12-22· cited 1,108×
• Croucher v. Croucher
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-11-02· cited 1,105×
• City of Lancaster v. Chambers
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-15· cited 928×
• Lenz v. Lenz
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-06-06· cited 598×
• University of Texas Medical Branch v. York
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-03-30· cited 547×
• Kassen v. Hatley
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-12-22· cited 467×
• Spencer v. Eagle Star Insurance Co. of America
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-02-09· cited 437×
• DeWitt v. Harris County
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-09-14· cited 391×
• Telthorster v. Tennell
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-06-27· cited 238×
• Price Pfister, Inc. v. Moore & Kimmey, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-06-07· cited 106×
• Boyattia v. Hinojosa
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2000-02-24· cited 103×
• District of Columbia v. Davis
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-05-19· cited 91×
• Wood v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-10-18· cited 55×
• City of Dallas v. Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1994-08-18· cited 50×
• Bridges v. Robinson
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-06-15· cited 47×
• Blackwell v. Harris County
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1995-10-12· cited 46×
• Johnson v. Dufrene
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1983-05-20· cited 39×