Rivercenter Associates v. Rivera

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that mandamus is controlled by equitable principles, including that it aids the diligent and not those who sleep on their rights
• concluding that a four-month delay was sufficient to deny relief
• explaining that “equity aids the diligent and not those who slumber on their rights”
• stating that issuance of mandamus is largely controlled by equitable principles
• waiting over four months before taking any action in pursuing rights to relief resulted in laches where record revealed no justification for the delay
• waiting over four months before taking any action in pursuing rights to relief resulted in laches where record revealed no justification for the delay

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-09-03· cited 4,288×
• In Re Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Lp
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-08-31· cited 402×
• In Re Ford Motor Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-14· cited 293×
• In Re International Profit Associates, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-01-09· cited 266×
• In Re Laibe Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-03-26· cited 200×
• In Re Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., LP
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-06-01· cited 184×
• in Re Sustainable Texas Oyster Resource Management, L.L.C.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2019-05-10· cited 141×
• In Re General Electric Capital Corporation
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-09-22· cited 115×
• City of Hous. v. Hous. Mun. Emps. Pension Sys.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-06-08· cited 115×
• In Re Users System Services, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-09-23· cited 100×
• AutoNation USA Corp. v. Leroy
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-04-17· cited 95×
• Tarrant County Hospital District v. Henry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-07-26· cited 88×
• In Re Bahn
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-03· cited 86×
• In Re Jim Walter Homes, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-11-07· cited 84×
• Estate of Regis v. Harris County Hospital District
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-10-10· cited 83×
• In Re Xeller
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-09-16· cited 82×
• In Re Hinterlong
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-07-03· cited 66×
• QUANTO INTERN. CO., INC. v. Lloyd
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-04-04· cited 57×
• Long Island Owner's Ass'n v. Davidson
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1998-04-23· cited 50×
• In re Elliott
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-10-07· cited 48×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Industrial Foundation of the South v. Texas Industrial Accident Board
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-07-21· cited 247×
• Callahan v. Giles
  Texas Supreme Court· 1941-11-05· cited 192×
• Miller v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-21· cited 184×
• Bailey v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-08-08· cited 41×