Villegas v. Griffin Industries

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an instructed verdict is proper when a defense to a plaintiff's cause of action is conclusively proved
• holding that an instructed verdict is proper when a defense to a plaintiff's cause of action is conclusively proved
• “[A]n informal marriage will be recognized as beginning on the date the prior marriage is dissolved.”
• “[A]n informal marriage will be recognized as beginning on the date the prior marriage is dissolved.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Financial Review Services, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-11-09· cited 804×
• Austin Nursing Center, Inc. v. Lovato
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-05-13· cited 699×
• Haggerty v. Texas Southern University
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-11-18· cited 184×
• Phillips v. the Dow Chemical Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-11-30· cited 56×
• Alejandro v. Robstown Independent School District
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2004-04-01· cited 43×
• Reyna v. First National Bank in Edinburg
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-06-21· cited 42×
• Villarreal v. Art Institute of Houston, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2000-05-11· cited 40×
• Holland Ex Rel. Holland v. City of Houston
  S.D. Texas· 1999-01-07· cited 31×
• Elijah Ragira/Vip Lodging Group, Inc. v. Vip Lodging Group, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2009-12-30· cited 29×
• Sanchez v. Brownsville Sports Center, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-09-06· cited 28×
• Carter v. Diamond URS Huntsville, LLC
  S.D. Texas· 2016-03-30· cited 12×
• Tamez Ex Rel. Tamez v. MacK Trucks, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-04-17· cited 10×
• First Valley Bank of Los Fresnos v. Martin
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-08-09· cited 9×
• Spencer v. Rau
  W.D. Texas· 2007-10-11· cited 8×
• Lewis v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1999-12-14· cited 8×
• Medina v. Medina
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-02-28· cited 6×
• Kingery v. Hintz
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-01-29· cited 5×
• Izen v. Catalina
  S.D. Texas· 2002-09-18· cited 3×
• Nava v. Reddy Partnership/Quail Chase
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-02-25· cited 3×
• Hutchison v. Brookshire Bros., Ltd.
  E.D. Texas· 2002-05-23· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Randall's Food Markets, Inc. v. Johnson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-01-12· cited 1,496×
• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Browning-Ferris, Inc. v. Reyna
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-01-05· cited 469×
• Collora v. Navarro
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-11-29· cited 356×
• Holloway v. Skinner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 338×
• Qantel Business Systems, Inc. v. Custom Controls Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-12-07· cited 297×
• William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-03-04· cited 285×
• Shepherd v. Ledford
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-03-13· cited 241×
• Woodward v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-03-07· cited 234×
• Richey v. Brookshire Grocery Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-10-30· cited 229×
• Ellis County State Bank v. Keever
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-09-03· cited 217×
• Griffin Industries, Inc. v. Honorable Thirteenth Court of Appeals
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-11-15· cited 161×
• Akin v. Dahl
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-10-05· cited 152×
• Estate of Claveria v. Claveria
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-02-11· cited 106×
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Castillo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-07-17· cited 92×
• Landers v. BF Goodrich Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1963-05-15· cited 78×
• Bossin v. Towber
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-16· cited 57×
• Davis v. Mathis
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1992-12-16· cited 54×
• City of Dallas v. Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1994-08-18· cited 50×
• Ramsey v. Arrott
  Texas Supreme Court· 1885-07-01· cited 46×