Smith v. State ex rel. Hightower’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1992
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harkey v. Texas Employers Insurance · Garcia v. State · Meyer v. Tunks · 51 Tex. Civ. App. 257 - T. A. Robertson & Co. v. Russell · American Bankers Life Ins. Co. v. Barlow
Most-quoted passages
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“"Defendant has appropriated for his own benefit various Smith County Sheriffs patrol cars, and the gasoline necessary to operate such cars, on many dates including the following: May 1, 1981; June 1, 1981; and July 1, 1981. These automobiles and the gasoline necessary to operate them were used to patrol the Casa De Oro Apartments in the City of Tyler, Texas, for the purpose of obtaining a rent-free apartment for the Defendant and his agents.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Talamantez v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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