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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Reiss v. Reiss.

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1 Reiss v. Reiss Anchor
tex · 2003
green “in general, as long as the court entering a judgment has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter and does not act outside its capacity as a court, the judgment is not void.” 6
2 Johnson v. Ventling
texapp · 2004
green “we hold that ventling's challenge to the enforceability of the decree in this proceeding amounted to an impermissible collateral attack.” 5
3 Birdwell v. Birdwell
texapp · 1991
green “n suits to enforce agreed judgments, parties may not raise contractual defenses because such defenses constitute impermissible collateral attacks on the prior judgments.” 4

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