State Court of Appeals / Tex. App.

Soto v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.

Decided April 16, 1997. David Chew wrote the opinion for the court.

942 S.W.2d 671 · Cited 87 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.

Ewald v. Wornick Family Foods Corp. · 878 S.W.2d 653
Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · 690 S.W.2d 546
Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hagenloh · 247 S.W.2d 236
Houston Transit Co. v. Felder · 208 S.W.2d 880
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Wilson · 768 S.W.2d 755
Horton v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. · 827 S.W.2d 361
Lear Siegler, Inc. v. Perez · 819 S.W.2d 470
Natividad v. Alexsis, Inc. · 875 S.W.2d 695
Twyman v. Twyman · 855 S.W.2d 619
Bell v. Showa Denko K.K. · 899 S.W.2d 749

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