Texas v. Central Power & Light Co.

Texas v. Cent. Power & Light Co., 389 U.S. 933 (1967)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: November 6, 1967
Docket: No. 551
Citations: 389 U.S. 93388 S. Ct. 29719 L. Ed. 2d 2861967 U.S. LEXIS 386

Cited by 32 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Ct. Civ. App. Tex., 13th Sup. Jud. Dist. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

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(“[k]idnapping is a ‘continuing offense.’ The abduction does not ‘occur’ at only one time, but rather is a continuous, ongoing event.”)

State v. White, 492 S.E.2d 48 (N.C. Ct. App. 1997)
("[k]idnaping, which involves the detention of another, is a continuing offense")

State v. White, 492 S.E.2d 48 (N.C. Ct. App. 1997)

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State v. Masqua502 P.2d 728 (Kan. 1972)
State v. Hutchinson661 P.2d 1315 (N.M. 1983)
State v. Randol513 P.2d 248 (Kan. 1973)
People v. Holt440 N.E.2d 102 (Ill. 1982)
State v. Boyle486 P.2d 849 (Kan. 1971)
State v. Williamson502 P.2d 777 (Kan. 1972)

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Volpi v. State419 P.3d 884 (Wyo. 2018)
State v. White492 S.E.2d 48 (N.C. Ct. App. 1997)
Idle v. State587 N.E.2d 712 (Ind. Ct. App. 1992)
State v. Hutchinson661 P.2d 1315 (N.M. 1983)
Griffith v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (In re Voight)24 B.R. 983 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1982)
People v. Holt440 N.E.2d 102 (Ill. 1982)

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