State Court of Appeals / Tex. App.

Rylander v. Fisher Controls International, Inc.

Decided June 7, 2001. Jan P. Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

45 S.W.3d 291 · Cited 148 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.

Stanford v. Butler · 181 S.W.2d 269
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United North & South Development Co. · 140 Tex. 417
City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · 589 S.W.2d 671
Bullock v. National Bancshares Corp. · 584 S.W.2d 268
Citizens Bank of Bryan v. First State Bank · 580 S.W.2d 344
Texas Water Commission v. Brushy Creek Municipal Utility District · 917 S.W.2d 19
Calvert v. British-American Oil Producing Co. · 397 S.W.2d 839
Rylander v. 3 Beall Bros. 3, Inc. · 2 S.W.3d 562
Citizens Nat. Bank of Paris, Ill. v. Calvert · 527 S.W.2d 175
Bullock v. Ramada Texas, Inc. · 609 S.W.2d 537
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Bullock · 573 S.W.2d 498

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