In Re Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that economic support is only one of many permissible uses for a home
• “A liberal construction must be given to effectuate the purpose of the Constitution to protect the homestead rights of families.”
• “Homestead laws are favored and will be liberally construed to protect the homestead.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Perry v. Dearing (In Re Perry)
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-04· cited 122×
• FNFS, Ltd. v. Harwood (In Re Harwood)
  E.D. Texas· 2009-04-28· cited 28×
• PaineWebber, Inc. v. Murray
  E.D. Texas· 2001-03-30· cited 21×
• In the Matter Of: Jeani Maloy Hill, Debtor. Edmond J. Zielinski, Interim Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Jeani Maloy Hill v. Jeani Maloy Hill
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-09-14· cited 15×
• Rush Truck Centers v. Bouchie
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-03-18· cited 9×
• Norra v. Harris County (In Re Norra)
  S.D. Texas· 2009-11-05· cited 9×
• In re Saldana
  N.D. Texas· 2015-05-22· cited 9×
• In Re Webb
  W.D. Texas· 2001-06-19· cited 8×
• In Re Perry
  W.D. Texas· 2001-04-12· cited 7×
• In Re McCain
  E.D. Texas· 1993-07-28· cited 5×
• King Louie Mining, LLC v. Comu (In re Comu)
  N.D. Texas· 2015-12-08· cited 4×
• Perry v. Dearing (In Re Perry)
  W.D. Texas· 2002-03-27· cited 3×
• Brei v. Ben Brinck, Asset Acceptance, LLC (In re Brei)
  N.D. Texas· 2019-03-04· cited 3×
• In Re Finkel
  W.D. Texas· 1993-01-08· cited 2×
• In re Ling
  S.D. Texas· 2014-05-30· cited 1×
• In re Pool
  W.D. Texas· 2019-03-05· cited 1×
• Matter of Hill
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-09-10
• In Re Harwood
  E.D. Texas· 2009-01-30
• Opinion No.
  Texas Attorney General Reports· 2009-12-28
• Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
  Texas Attorney General Reports· 2009-07-02

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Butner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-02-21· cited 3,653×
• Franklin v. Coffee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1857-07-01· cited 94×
• Brooks v. Chatham
  Texas Supreme Court· 1882-04-18· cited 60×
• Hemphill v. Watson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1884-03-14· cited 54×
• Herman Iken & Co. v. Olenick
  Texas Supreme Court· 1874-07-01· cited 49×
• Sims v. Beeson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-12-16· cited 41×
• Samuel B. v. Stone
  Texas Supreme Court· 1857-07-01· cited 30×
• Posey v. Bass
  Texas Supreme Court· 1890-05-30· cited 30×
• Youngblood v. Youngblood
  Texas Supreme Court· 1934-11-28· cited 30×
• Long Bell Lumber Co. v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1951-04-30· cited 27×
• In Re Peters
  W.D. Texas· 1988-09-20· cited 24×
• In Re Moody
  S.D. Texas· 1987-08-13· cited 24×
• Woodward v. Sanger Bros.
  Fifth Circuit· 1917-12-20· cited 23×
• In Re Barnhart
  N.D. Texas· 1985-03-12· cited 21×
• Lasseter v. Blackwell
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1921-02-23· cited 20×
• Davis v. McClurkan
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1964-04-03· cited 9×
• In Re Spencer
  W.D. Texas· 1989-06-19· cited 8×
• Fort v. Powell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1883-04-27· cited 8×
• Surratt v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1950-09-14· cited 4×