Solis v. Cockrell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding no presumption of bias arose where a member of the jury in a burglary case failed to disclose during voir dire he knew the accused and had heard rumors the accused and the accused’s brothers had committed other burglaries
• “Following Justice O’Connor's concurrence in Smith our circuit has recognized the implied bias doctrine, albeit with carefully watched limits.”
• “Following Justice O’Connor’s concurrence in Smith our circuit has 5 Case: 24-20112 Document: 103-1 Page: 6 Date Filed: 01/28/2026 No. 24-20112 recognized the implied bias doctrine, albeit with carefully watched limits.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Willie Williams, Jr. v. Margaret Bagley, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-08-13· cited 361×
• State v. Morales
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-05-14· cited 274×
• Franklin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-30· cited 161×
• John Lee Conaway v. Marvin Polk, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina Attorney General
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-07-11· cited 90×
• Wright v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-11-17· cited 54×
• Hatten v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-06-05· cited 49×
• Uranga v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-11-17· cited 40×
• Brooks v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-07-20· cited 40×
• United States v. Ricardo Mitchell
  Third Circuit· 2012-08-07· cited 37×
• Uranga v. Davis
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-06-18· cited 22×
• Gutierrez v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-09-27· cited 14×
• John Uranga, III v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-01-12· cited 10×
• Cervantes Salazar v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-09-27· cited 8×
• United States v. Gemar
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-04-19· cited 3×
• Matthews v. Cain
  E.D. Louisiana· 2018-08-29· cited 2×
• State v. Glass
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-09-16· cited 2×
• Johnson v. Cain
  E.D. Louisiana· 2014-12-18· cited 1×
• Ingram v. Goodwin
  W.D. Louisiana· 2013-11-01· cited 1×
• Brooks v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-28
• Franklin, B. J.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-30

Cites

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

• Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-03-28· cited 8,052×
• Irvin v. Dowd
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-05· cited 3,697×
• Smith v. Phillips
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 3,512×
• Murphy v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-16· cited 1,568×
• McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 1,407×
• Rideau v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-03· cited 1,211×
• Miller v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-02-24· cited 1,099×
• Marshall v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 727×
• United States v. Wood
  Supreme Court· 1936-12-07· cited 521×
• Alfred R. Dyer v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, of California State Prison at San Quentin
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-08-06· cited 319×
• United States v. Julio Gonzalez
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-06-15· cited 156×
• Andrews v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-05-12· cited 133×
• United States v. Bishop
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-08-29· cited 125×
• United States v. Frost
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-12-16· cited 107×
• Ronald Lee Fitzgerald v. Fred W. Greene, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-07-13· cited 98×
• United States v. Brown
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-11-16· cited 96×
• Leonard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 96×
• United States v. Greer
  Second Circuit· 2002-03-07· cited 86×
• United States v. Fred Scott, Raymond Peacock and Lawrence Catha
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-25· cited 82×
• Gerald Glenn Johnson v. Bill Armontrout
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-04-10· cited 80×