Jones v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that \taxes are not debts in the ordinary sense of contractual obligations\ but are \impositions by governmental authority\
• discussing the American state court authorities followed by Supreme Court of Texas
• discussing the American state court authorities followed by Supreme Court of Texas
• “That the Attorney General has issued a reasonable opinion on the question, however, is not dispositive.”
• “Legislature can enact all laws not prohibited by the Constitution, either in express terms or by necessary implication.”
• legislature may enact any law not in violation of state or federal constitution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Harris County Commissioners Court v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 338×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-06-28· cited 257×
• Jessen Associates, Inc. v. Bullock
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-12-17· cited 214×
• Oakley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-22· cited 173×
• Friedman v. American Surety Co. of New York
  Texas Supreme Court· 1941-04-09· cited 120×
• Henderson by Hartsfield v. Alabama Power
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-06-25· cited 92×
• Shepherd v. San Jacinto Junior College District
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-12-19· cited 86×
• City of Houston v. First City
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1992-03-12· cited 75×
• Wilburn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-02-05· cited 74×
• Bradbury & Stamm Construction Co. v. Bureau of Revenue
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1962-06-11· cited 69×
• City of Beaumont v. Fertitta
  Texas Supreme Court· 1967-04-26· cited 54×
• Bradner v. Hammond
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-08-02· cited 43×
• Vergie Swearingen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-08-19· cited 41×
• City of Wichita Falls v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1943-03-26· cited 38×
• Steinacher v. Swanson
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1936-07-08· cited 37×
• Meléndez Ortiz v. Valdejully
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1987-12-08· cited 31×
• Coates v. Brazoria County Texas
  S.D. Texas· 2013-01-28· cited 31×
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Federal Facilities Corporation v. The State of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1956-04-23· cited 27×
• Islais Co., Ltd. v. Matheson
  California Supreme Court· 1935-05-27· cited 27×
• In re Rivera Cruz
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1987-05-11· cited 26×

Cites

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

• Myers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1926-10-25· cited 897×
• Billings v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1914-02-24· cited 284×
• Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1889-11-18· cited 102×
• New York v. Jersawit
  Supreme Court· 1924-01-07· cited 96×
• Berryman v. Board of Trustees of Whitman College
  Supreme Court· 1912-01-09· cited 50×
• Lufkin v. City of Galveston
  Texas Supreme Court· 1885-03-03· cited 47×
• Aulanier v. Governor
  Texas Supreme Court· 1846-12-15· cited 33×
• People ex rel. Johnson v. Peacock
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1881-03-21· cited 29×
• The Schooner Rachel v. The United States
  Supreme Court· 1810-03-15· cited 24×
• Cave v. Mayor of Houston
  Texas Supreme Court· 1886-03-05· cited 24×
• City of New Whatcom v. Roeder
  Washington Supreme Court· 1900-06-23· cited 23×
• The Irresistible
  Supreme Court· 1822-03-21· cited 21×
• City of Crookston v. Board of County Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1900-04-26· cited 19×
• State ex rel. First Thought Gold Mines, Ltd. v. Superior Court
  Washington Supreme Court· 1916-11-22· cited 15×
• In re Ashland Emery & Corundum Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 1916-02-01· cited 15×
• State ex rel. Mitchell v. Mayo
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1905-06-01· cited 11×
• Woolley v. City of Louisville
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1903-01-21· cited 11×
• Security Savings Society v. Spokane County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1920-04-08· cited 9×
• Sellman v. Lee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1881-06-21· cited 9×
• State ex rel. Robertson v. Wheeler
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1915-12-10· cited 9×