Sorokolit v. Rhodes

Decided June 22, 1994. Jack Hightower wrote the opinion for the court.

889 S.W.2d 239 · Cited 344 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

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.

• Monsanto Co. v. Cornerstones Municipal Utility District · 865 S.W.2d 937
• Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance v. Wear · 251 S.W.2d 525
• Hood v. Phillips · 554 S.W.2d 160
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United North & South Development Co. · 140 Tex. 417
• Chapman v. Paul R. Wilson, Jr., D.D.S., Inc. · 826 S.W.2d 214
• Moreno v. Sterling Drug, Inc. · 787 S.W.2d 348
• RepublicBank Dallas, N.A. v. Interkal, Inc. · 691 S.W.2d 605
• State v. Terrell · 588 S.W.2d 784
• Pennington v. Singleton · 606 S.W.2d 682
• Smith v. Baldwin · 611 S.W.2d 611
• Jessen Associates, Inc. v. Bullock · 531 S.W.2d 593
• Harris County District Attorney's Office v. J.T.S. · 807 S.W.2d 572
• Peterson v. Shields · 652 S.W.2d 929
• City of Austin v. Houston Lighting & Power Co. · 844 S.W.2d 773

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Hunsucker v. Fustok · 238 S.W.3d 421
• Smith v. Elliott · 68 S.W.3d 844
• Savage v. Psychiatric Institute of Bedford, Inc. · 965 S.W.2d 745
• Enrique Lopez, D/B/A Maternidad La Piedad v. Marina Edith Osuna, Individually and as Next Friend for Sarai Edith Gonzalez and Benito Gonzalez Cantu · 453 S.W.3d 60
• Nguyen v. Kim · 3 S.W.3d 146
• Diversicare General Partner, Inc. v. Rubio · 185 S.W.3d 842
• Lee v. Boothe · 235 S.W.3d 448
• Wright v. Fowler · 991 S.W.2d 343
• Mills v. Pate · 225 S.W.3d 277
• Rose v. Garland Community Hospital · 87 S.W.3d 188
• Gomez v. Matey · 55 S.W.3d 732
• Andrade Garcia v. Columbia Medical Center of Sherman · 996 F. Supp. 605
• Gonzales v. Concerned Citizens of Webberville · 173 S.W.3d 112
• Earle v. Ratliff · 998 S.W.2d 882
• Welch v. McLean · 191 S.W.3d 147
• Tenet Hospitals Ltd. v. Boada · 304 S.W.3d 528
• Bush v. Green Oaks Operator, Inc. · 39 S.W.3d 669
• Tajchman Ex Rel. Tajchman v. Giller · 938 S.W.2d 95
• Helena Chemical Co. v. Wilkins · 47 S.W.3d 486
• Charette v. Fitzgerald · 213 S.W.3d 505
• Oak Park, Inc. v. Harrison · 206 S.W.3d 133
• Cornyn v. Universe Life Insurance Co. · 988 S.W.2d 376
• Omaha Healthcare Center, L.L.C. v. Johnson Ex Rel. Estate of Reed · 246 S.W.3d 278
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility Commission · 31 S.W.3d 631
• Shannon v. Law-Yone · 950 S.W.2d 429

Explore from here

Jack Hightower’s Judicial Record · Tex. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).