In Re Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• courts should presume that words excluded from statute have been excluded purposefully and should not insert words into statute except to give effect to clear legislative intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Texas Democratic Party v. Benkiser
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-03· cited 129×
• In Re Gamble
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-02-19· cited 100×
• Stephen Stem v. Ruben Gomez
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-02-08· cited 93×
• In the Interest of A.A.A.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-26· cited 88×
• Sheshunoff v. Sheshunoff
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2005-08-22· cited 71×
• in the Interest of S.J.G., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2003-10-09· cited 59×
• In Re Francis
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-01-27· cited 54×
• Aaron Rents, Inc. v. Travis Central Appraisal District
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-09-08· cited 54×
• Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Sanchez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-10-22· cited 48×
• Triantaphyllis v. Gamble
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-09-26· cited 39×
• Reyes v. Credit Based Asset Servicing & Securitization Ex Rel. Pledged Property II LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2005-12-14· cited 37×
• Anderson-Clayton Bros. Funeral Home, Inc. v. Strayhorn
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-12-09· cited 33×
• In Re Triantaphyllis
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-01-31· cited 21×
• L.F. Noll Inc. v. Dope Eviglo
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2012-06-29· cited 21×
• Williams v. Texas State Board of Orthotics & Prosthetics
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-04-08· cited 20×
• 7-Eleven, Inc. v. Combs
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-05-19· cited 19×
• Department of Family & Protective Services v. Alternatives in Motion
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-01-22· cited 18×
• Hotze v. City of Houston
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2011-04-22· cited 18×
• Garden Oaks Maintenance Org. v. Chang
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-11-14· cited 18×
• Henry v. Kaufman County Development District No. 1
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-03-18· cited 17×

Cites

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

• Cameron v. Terrell & Garrett, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 936×
• Laidlaw Waste Systems (Dallas), Inc. v. City of Wilmer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-09-14· cited 752×
• Quick v. City of Austin
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-09-30· cited 675×
• Hunter v. Fort Worth Capital Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-07-15· cited 257×
• Brady v. Fourteenth Court of Appeals
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-06-20· cited 244×
• Painter v. Shaner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-04-04· cited 45×
• Wallace v. Howell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-03-12· cited 41×
• Brown v. Walker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1964-04-08· cited 33×
• Correa v. First Court of Appeals
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-05-09· cited 23×
• Gray v. Vance
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-03-30· cited 22×
• Cohen v. Strake
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-08· cited 18×
• Fitch v. Fourteenth Court of Appeals
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-07-01· cited 17×
• Pierce v. Peters
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-04-02· cited 16×
• Shields v. Upham
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-03-19· cited 16×
• Bacon v. Harris County Republican Executive Committee
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-11· cited 10×
• Strachan v. Lanier
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-10-08· cited 10×
• Reese v. Commissioners' Court of Cherokee County
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1993-08-26· cited 9×
• Love v. Veselka
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1988-01-07· cited 8×
• Dunn v. Slagle
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-02-13· cited 7×
• Carter v. Fourteenth Court of Appeals
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-04-10· cited 6×