In Re Sanders

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a movant’s failure to explain why other sources were insufficient resulted in a failure to show the necessity of the attorney’s testimony
• holding that disqualification is appropriate if “a lawyer’s testimony is necessary to establish an essential fact.”
• holding that a movant’s failure to explain why other sources were insufficient resulted in a failure to show the necessity of the attorney’s testimony
• holding that the movant failed to establish that an attorney’s testimony was necessary to establish details in the husband’s employment schedule when the information was reflected in the record
• recognizing that disqualification of an attorney is appropriate if the attorney is a material witness and his testimony is “necessary to establish an essential fact” and/or that the attorney’s “dual role” as attorney and witness would otherwise prejudice the opposing party
• observing that disqualification causes immediate harm ―by depriving a party of its chosen counsel and disrupting court proceedings‖

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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• In Re Texas American Express, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-12-07· cited 52×
• BP America Production Co. v. Zaffirini
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2013-08-30· cited 49×
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  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2006-12-28· cited 43×
• Murray v. Texas Department of Family & Protective Services
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-08-13· cited 36×
• in Re Wyatt Field Service Company
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-12-23· cited 35×
• Keith v. Solls
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-06-17· cited 31×
• in Re Lorin A. Strickland
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-01-10· cited 28×
• Smith v. Abbott
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-04-13· cited 27×
• Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-09-29· cited 27×
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  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-04-02· cited 19×
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  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2006-03-02· cited 17×
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  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-09-04· cited 16×
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Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Walker v. Packer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-05-07· cited 8,808×
• In Re Nitla S.A. De C.V.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-04-11· cited 274×
• Spears v. Fourth Court of Appeals
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-10-24· cited 225×
• In Re Epic Holdings, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 200×
• National Medical Enterprises, Inc. v. Godbey
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-06-06· cited 172×
• Anderson Producing Inc. v. Koch Oil Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-10-18· cited 131×
• In Re Meador
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 127×
• Ayres v. Canales
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-05-30· cited 121×
• In Re Chu
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-02-25· cited 56×
• May v. Crofts
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1993-12-28· cited 22×
• In re Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-02-13· cited 1×