State v. Dyer

How courts have described this case

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

• stating a too-literal construction of a statute, which would prevent the enforcement of it according to its true intent, should be avoided
• stating a too-literal construction of a statute, which would prevent the enforcement of it according to its true intent, should be avoided
• courts will not follow letter of statute when doing so leads away from intent and purpose of legislature, and to conclusions inconsistent with general purpose of statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation District
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 728×
• State v. Terrell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-09-19· cited 298×
• Wichita County, Texas v. Hart
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-04-12· cited 265×
• Calvert v. Texas Pipe Line Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1974-12-30· cited 121×
• Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Chemical Lime, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-06-26· cited 84×
• Crimmins v. Lowry
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-29· cited 75×
• Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Blankenburg
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-01-10· cited 71×
• Martin v. Sheppard
  Texas Supreme Court· 1947-04-16· cited 62×
• Calvert v. British-American Oil Producing Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-11-17· cited 58×
• Patton v. Nicholas
  Texas Supreme Court· 1955-06-01· cited 55×
• San Antonio General Drivers, Helpers Local No. 657 v. Thornton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1957-02-06· cited 53×
• West Anderson Plaza v. Feyznia
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-22· cited 50×
• Martin v. McKee Realtors, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-01-25· cited 41×
• First National Bank of Kerrville v. Estate of Hackworth
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1984-02-29· cited 40×
• City of Houston v. Jackson
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-03-22· cited 24×
• Texas State Board of Dental Examiners v. Fenlaw
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1962-03-09· cited 18×
• L.B. Foster Co. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-06-13· cited 17×
• Exxon Corp. v. Railroad Commission of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-07-15· cited 17×
• Young v. JCR Petroleum, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-11-12· cited 15×
• Superior Oil Company v. RAILROAD COM'N OF TEXAS
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1975-01-22· cited 15×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McBride v. Clayton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-12-02· cited 130×
• Conley v. Daughters of the Republic
  Texas Supreme Court· 1913-04-30· cited 80×
• Cain v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 1857-07-01· cited 74×
• Moseby v. Burrow
  Texas Supreme Court· 1880-01-10· cited 42×
• Garrett v. Mercantile National Bank
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-02-17· cited 40×
• Conley v. Daughters of the Republic
  Texas Supreme Court· 1913-06-04· cited 29×
• Island City Savings Bank v. Sachtleben
  Texas Supreme Court· 1887-02-25· cited 17×
• East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1889-12-17· cited 15×
• Federal Crude Oil Co. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1943-02-17· cited 12×
• United States ex rel. Knight v. Mellon
  Supreme Court· 1934-11-12· cited 12×
• St. Paul Bridge & Terminal Ry. Co. v. Genova
  Supreme Court· 1934-04-09· cited 9×