Richards v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Texas seat belt law serves the public safety and welfare by enhancing a driver’s ability to maintain control of his vehicle, and by reducing injuries not only to himself, but also to others
• answering argument that seat belt law was inconsistent with aim to reduce injuries and therefore unconstitutional because back seat passengers were not required to wear seat belts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lucas v. United States
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-09-21· cited 238×
• State v. West
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2000-06-20· cited 35×
• State v. Hartog
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-05-17· cited 27×
• Picou v. Gillum
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-06-13· cited 19×
• Richards v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-08· cited 5×
• David L. Picou v. Jim Gillum, Sheriff of Pasco County and James T. Russell, State Attorney
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-06-13

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-23· cited 3,699×
• McGowan v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1961-05-29· cited 3,439×
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 2,938×
• Olmstead v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1928-06-04· cited 2,291×
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-29· cited 943×
• Lindsey v. Normet
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-23· cited 901×
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1959-05-25· cited 370×
• Parent v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 95×
• Ex Parte Smith
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-04-23· cited 57×
• People v. Kohrig
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-10-01· cited 41×
• Alobaidi v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-04-03· cited 36×
• Erle E. Peacock, Jr. v. Board of Regents of the Universities and State Colleges of Arizona
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-06-23· cited 35×
• City of Wichita v. White
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1970-05-09· cited 34×
• Jerald Gere, a Minor by His Father and Next Friend, Paul Gere v. Emory R. Stanley, as Superintendent of Blue Ridge School District
  Third Circuit· 1971-12-27· cited 30×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-10-24· cited 23×
• Wells v. State
  New York Supreme Court· 1985-10-30· cited 13×
• Peacock v. Board of Regents of the Universities & State Colleges of Arizona
  D. Arizona· 1974-05-03· cited 9×