State Supreme Court / Tex.

Missouri Pacific Railroad v. American Statesman

Decided May 18, 1977. Thomas Morrow Reavley wrote the opinion for the court.

552 S.W.2d 99 · Cited 231 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Hopson v. Gulf Oil Corp. · 237 S.W.2d 352
Clark v. Waggoner · 452 S.W.2d 437
Biggers v. Continental Bus System, Inc. · 303 S.W.2d 359
Mundy v. Pirie-Slaughter Motor Co. · 146 Tex. 314
Parrott v. Garcia · 436 S.W.2d 897
Impson v. Structural Metals, Inc. · 487 S.W.2d 694
East Texas Motor Freight Lines v. Loftis · 148 Tex. 242
Southland Life Insurance v. Vela · 147 Tex. 478
Farley v. MM Cattle Company · 529 S.W.2d 751
East Texas Theatres, Inc. v. Rutledge · 453 S.W.2d 466
Texas & Pacific Railway Company v. McCleery · 418 S.W.2d 494
Southern Pacific Company v. Castro · 493 S.W.2d 491
LMB CORPORATION v. Gurecky · 501 S.W.2d 300

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