Johnstone v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that defendant seeking contribution from third party could not seek contribution when plaintiffs claim against defendant sounded in contract, not tort, and when plaintiffs claims against third party would also be limited to breach of contract
• stating that trial court must specify which of three criteria found in Section 574.034(a) forms basis of commitment order and that review is limited to criteria identified
• .holding that evidence of patient’s repeated refusals to take medication legally insufficient to show overt act or continuing pattern of behavior despite physician’s testimony that patient’s ability to function independently would continue to deteriorate without medication
• holding evidence of psychotic behavior and refusal to take medications insufficient
• reversing commitment order of chronic schizophrenic patient who refused medication due to religious and cultural reasons because State failed to prove evidence of overt act or continuing pattern of behavior that demonstrated distress and patient’s inability to function independently
• finding evidence was legally insufficient to show overt act or continuing pattern of behavior where evidence only showed patient suffered from chronic schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations, paranoid thinking, uncooperative, hostile to staff, and refused to take his medication

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. K.E.W.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-07-02· cited 136×
• In the Interest of Breeden
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-06-02· cited 73×
• K.T. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-14· cited 72×
• State for the Best Interest & Protection of C.O.
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2001-09-19· cited 69×
• J.M. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-07-07· cited 54×
• Campbell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-04-12· cited 41×
• Dr. Saung Zin Park v. Escalera Ranch Owners' Association, Inc. and Rostrata Builders, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-02-13· cited 36×
• D.J. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-10-16· cited 32×
• M.S. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-03-18· cited 31×
• G.H. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-10-24· cited 30×
• Goldwait v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-08-21· cited 28×
• G.H. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-12-27· cited 27×
• Armstrong v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-01-12· cited 26×
• State ex rel. L.H.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-01-25· cited 24×
• State for the Best Interest & Protection of E.R.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-29· cited 10×
• K.E.W. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-12-31· cited 9×
• Johnstone v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-04-01· cited 8×
• House v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-03-15· cited 7×
• State v. KEW
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-07-02· cited 5×
• JM v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-07-07· cited 3×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mezick v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-03-07· cited 118×
• Broussard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-04-02· cited 107×
• In re J.S.C.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-07-17· cited 59×
• Strickland v. Coleman
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-11-07· cited 52×
• L.S. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-11-24· cited 44×
• K.L.M. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-08-20· cited 13×