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privacy challenge in Texas

15 Texas opinions name it 4 courts 1974–2025 3 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.

Followed or applied (6)

CaseFollowedCited
IND. FOUNDATION, ETC. v. Texas Ind. Acc. Bd.green
tex · 1976 · cited in 3 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1992–2020
2 sentences

2020See, e.g., Industrial Found., 540 S.W.2d at 683 .

2015Id.

23
Kessell v. Bridewellgreen
texapp · 1994 · cited in 2 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2006–2014
2 sentences

2014See Kessell, 872 S.W.2d at 841–42; see also In re E.I.

2006See Kessell, 872 S.W.2d at 841-42 ; see also In re DuPont, 136 S.W.3d at 224 (affidavit merely presenting global allegations that documents come within the asserted privilege has no probative value).

22
Presidio Independent School District v. Scottgreen
tex · 2010 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021Dist. v. Scott, 309 S.W.3d 927, 929 (Tex. consent to the release or publication of her booking 2010); Texas Dep't of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda, 133 photo, citing the common-law doctrine of privacy and S.W.3d 217, 225–26 (Tex. 2004). confidentiality under the Texas Public Information Act (PIA).

11
In Re EI DuPont De Nemours and Co.green
tex · 2004 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006See Kessell, 872 S.W.2d at 841-42 ; see also In re DuPont, 136 S.W.3d at 224 (affidavit merely presenting global allegations that documents come within the asserted privilege has no probative value).

11
Billings v. Atkinsongreen
tex · 1973 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1975–1975
1 sentence

1975Only recently has Texas joined the majority of the other jurisdictions in recognizing the right "to be let alone" by adopting in tort actions the rule that an "unwarranted invasion of the right of privacy constitutes a legal injury for which a remedy will be granted." See Billings v. Atkinson, 489 S.W.2d 858, 860 (Tex.1973), where Justice Denton discussed many of the leading authorities.

11
Schneckloth v. Bustamontegreen
scotus · 1973 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1974–1974
1 sentence

1974See 62 Am Jur. id, Privacy 5 18, Pg. 703, and Schneckloth v. Bunta- man@ U.S. 36 L.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (12)

CaseCitedYears
United States v. Jones green
scotus · 2012
1 sentence

2025The State concedes that a dog sticking its head inside a car intrudes into an area regarded as having privacy protections that would constitute a privacy violation if an officer did it. 102 Katz, 389 U.S. at 360 . 103 Jardines, 569 U.S. at 11 (citing Jones, 565 U.S. at 409 ).

12025–2025
Katz v. United States green
scotus · 1967
1 sentence

2025The State concedes that a dog sticking its head inside a car intrudes into an area regarded as having privacy protections that would constitute a privacy violation if an officer did it. 102 Katz, 389 U.S. at 360 . 103 Jardines, 569 U.S. at 11 (citing Jones, 565 U.S. at 409 ).

12025–2025
Florida v. Jardines green
scotus · 2013
1 sentence

2025The State concedes that a dog sticking its head inside a car intrudes into an area regarded as having privacy protections that would constitute a privacy violation if an officer did it. 102 Katz, 389 U.S. at 360 . 103 Jardines, 569 U.S. at 11 (citing Jones, 565 U.S. at 409 ).

12025–2025
In Re Collins green
tex · 2009
1 sentence

2023“A person who discloses protected health information in violation of the privacy rule is subject to a fine of up to $50,000, and imprisonment of no more than a year, or both.” Id. (citing 42 U.S.C. § 1320d–6 (2006)).

12023–2023
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. red
scotus · 1944
2 sentences

2015The reader is also asked to “compare” Lee v. State, 191 So. 2d 84 (Fla. 1966), an intermediate appellate court opinion about the legality of police arranging with the telephone company to set up a recorder on a party line, and United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass’n (SEUA), 322 U.S. 533 (1944), which “required the Court to decide the issue of whether the Commerce Clause grants to Congress the power to regulate insurance transactions stretching across state lines.” Id. at 534 .

2015The reader is also asked to “compare” Lee v. State, 191 So. 2d 84 (Fla. 1966), an intermediate appellate court opinion about the legality of police arranging with the telephone company to set up a recorder on a party line, and United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass’n (SEUA), 322 U.S. 533 (1944), which “required the Court to decide the issue of whether the Commerce Clause grants to Congress the power to regulate insurance transactions stretching across state lines.” Id. at 534 .

12015–2015
Lee v. State green
fladistctapp · 1966
1 sentence

2015The reader is also asked to “compare” Lee v. State, 191 So. 2d 84 (Fla. 1966), an intermediate appellate court opinion about the legality of police arranging with the telephone company to set up a recorder on a party line, and United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass’n (SEUA), 322 U.S. 533 (1944), which “required the Court to decide the issue of whether the Commerce Clause grants to Congress the power to regulate insurance transactions stretching across state lines.” Id. at 534 .

12015–2015
Jennings v. Minco Technology Labs, Inc. green
texapp · 1989
1 sentence

2003Id. at 500-02 .

12003–2003
Maher v. Roe green
scotus · 1977
2 sentences

2002The Court also determined that the Hyde Amendment classification is based on financial need, and “[a]n indigent woman desiring an abortion, does not come within the limited category of disadvantaged classes so recognized by our cases.” Id. at 328 , 100 S.Ct. 2671 (quoting Maher v. Roe, 432 U.S. 464, 470-71 , 97 S.Ct. 2376 , 53 L.Ed.2d 484 (1977)).

2002The Court also determined that the Hyde Amendment classification is based on financial need, and “[a]n indigent woman desiring an abortion, does not come within the limited category of disadvantaged classes so recognized by our cases.” Id. at 328 , 100 S.Ct. 2671 (quoting Maher v. Roe, 432 U.S. 464, 470-71 , 97 S.Ct. 2376 , 53 L.Ed.2d 484 (1977)).

12002–2002
Harris v. McRae green
scotus · 1980
2 sentences

2002In assessing the plaintiffs’ privacy challenge, the Court differentiated between laws that place “obstacles in the path of a woman’s exercise of her freedom,” and the government’s obligation to remove obstacles such as poverty that it did not create, concluding that “it simply does not follow that a woman’s freedom of choice carries with it a constitutional entitlement to the financial resources to avail herself of the full range of protected choices.” Id. at 314-16 , 100 S.Ct. 2671 .

2002In assessing the plaintiffs’ privacy challenge, the Court differentiated between laws that place “obstacles in the path of a woman’s exercise of her freedom,” and the government’s obligation to remove obstacles such as poverty that it did not create, concluding that “it simply does not follow that a woman’s freedom of choice carries with it a constitutional entitlement to the financial resources to avail herself of the full range of protected choices.” Id. at 314-16 , 100 S.Ct. 2671 .

12002–2002
Minnesota v. Olson green
scotus · 1990
2 sentences

1999Id. 495 U.S. at 96-97 , 110 S.Ct. 1684 .

1999Id. 495 U.S. at 96-97 , 110 S.Ct. 1684 .

11999–1999
Texas State Employees Union v. Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation green
tex · 1987
1 sentence

1995The Texas Right of Privacy Our analysis of the Texas right of privacy is controlled by TSEU, 746 S.W.2d at 204-06 .

11995–1995
Gerry Fleisher, and Cross-Appellee v. City of Signal Hill, Michael McCrary and Richard Diaz, and Cross-Appellants green
ca9 · 1987
1 sentence

1995Fleisher, 829 F.2d at 1498 .

11995–1995

Where else courts name it

CA 66 (1982–2026) IL 46 (1988–2025) PA 27 (1982–2016) WA 25 (1986–2025) NJ 19 (1995–2025) TX 15 (1974–2025) NY 15 (1991–2025) MT 14 (1984–2024) AK 11 (1984–2021) WI 8 (1989–2019) MA 7 (1975–2019) AR 6 (1981–1996) AZ 5 (1997–2023) RI 5 (1977–2009) MN 5 (1984–2016) FL 5 (1998–2010) MS 4 (1995–2007) CT 4 (1994–2025) KY 4 (1996–2026) HI 4 (2007–2021) ME 4 (2005–2023) NC 3 (2021–2021) KS 3 (1996–2005) OH 3 (2001–2006) NH 3 (2016–2025) LA 3 (2000–2018) OR 3 (1977–2010) CO 3 (1972–2016) VT 2 (2002–2005) IN 2 (1993–2024) SC 2 (1999–2023) NM 2 (1988–2009)

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