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5 Texas opinions name it 3 courts 1986–2014 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Ex Parte Crispgreen2 sentences2002See Ex parte Crisp , 661 S.W.2d at 951 ; 1 George D. 2002See Texas Legislative Council, Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments 10-11 (1986) (amendments appearing on the November 4, 1986, ballot); Texas Legislative Council Drafting Manual 5 (Oct. 2000); see also Ex parte Crisp , 661 S.W.2d 944 , 947 (Tex.Crim.App. 1983) (en banc). | 2 | 2 |
Robinson v. Hillgreen2 sentences2014Robinson, 507 S.W.2d at 524-25.8 That Robinson never intended for the title to be a requirement of the single-subject rule is made clear in the Texas Supreme Court’s later decision in LeCroy, in which the Court addressed the caption requirement separately from the “unity of subject requirement,” explaining that the latter test was satisfied “even if it contains numerous provisions, however diverse, as long as these provisions relate directly or indirectly to the same general subject and have a mutual connection.” See LeCroy, 713 S.W.2d at 337 . 2014Robinson, 507 S.W.2d at 524-25 . 8 That Robinson never intended for the title to be a requirement of the single-subject rule is made clear in the Texas Supreme Court’s later decision in LeCroy , in which the Court addressed the caption requirement separately from the “unity of subject requirement,” explaining that the latter test was satisfied “even if it contains numerous provisions, however diverse, as long as these provisions relate directly or indirectly to the same general subject and have a mutual connection.” See LeCroy, 713 S.W.2d at 337 . | 1 | 2 |
Adams & Wickes v. San Angelo Water Works Co.green2 sentences1986The caption requirement’s purpose “is to give notice of the title of the bill, not only to members of the legislature, but to the citizens at large, of the subject-matter of the projected law; and thereby to prevent the surreptitious passage of a law upon one subject under the guise of a title which expresses another.” Fletcher v. State, 439 S.W.2d 656, 658 (Tex.1969), quoting Adams & Wickers v. San Angelo Water Works Co., 25 S.W. 605, 606 (1894). 1986The caption requirement's purpose "is to give notice of the title of the bill, not only to members of the legislature, but to the citizens at large, of the subject-matter of the projected law; and thereby to prevent the surreptitious passage of a law upon one subject under the guise of a title which expresses another." Fletcher v. State, 439 S.W.2d 656, 658 (Tex.1969), quoting Adams *338 & Wickers v. San Angelo Water Works Co., 25 S.W. 605, 606 (1894). | 1 | 1 |
Fletcher v. Stategreen2 sentences1986The caption requirement’s purpose “is to give notice of the title of the bill, not only to members of the legislature, but to the citizens at large, of the subject-matter of the projected law; and thereby to prevent the surreptitious passage of a law upon one subject under the guise of a title which expresses another.” Fletcher v. State, 439 S.W.2d 656, 658 (Tex.1969), quoting Adams & Wickers v. San Angelo Water Works Co., 25 S.W. 605, 606 (1894). 1986The caption requirement's purpose "is to give notice of the title of the bill, not only to members of the legislature, but to the citizens at large, of the subject-matter of the projected law; and thereby to prevent the surreptitious passage of a law upon one subject under the guise of a title which expresses another." Fletcher v. State, 439 S.W.2d 656, 658 (Tex.1969), quoting Adams *338 & Wickers v. San Angelo Water Works Co., 25 S.W. 605, 606 (1894). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
LeCroy v. Hanlon
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2 sentences2014Robinson, 507 S.W.2d at 524-25.8 That Robinson never intended for the title to be a requirement of the single-subject rule is made clear in the Texas Supreme Court’s later decision in LeCroy, in which the Court addressed the caption requirement separately from the “unity of subject requirement,” explaining that the latter test was satisfied “even if it contains numerous provisions, however diverse, as long as these provisions relate directly or indirectly to the same general subject and have a mutual connection.” See LeCroy, 713 S.W.2d at 337 . 2014Robinson, 507 S.W.2d at 524-25 . 8 That Robinson never intended for the title to be a requirement of the single-subject rule is made clear in the Texas Supreme Court’s later decision in LeCroy , in which the Court addressed the caption requirement separately from the “unity of subject requirement,” explaining that the latter test was satisfied “even if it contains numerous provisions, however diverse, as long as these provisions relate directly or indirectly to the same general subject and have a mutual connection.” See LeCroy, 713 S.W.2d at 337 . | 2 | 2014–2014 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.