Adams v. Reagan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• providing that trial court must consider whether representatives will “take an active role in and control the litigation ... to protect the interests of absentees” in determining adequacy of representation prerequisite
• providing that trial court must consider whether representatives will \take an active role in and control the litigation . . . to protect the interests of absentees\ in determining adequacy of representation prerequisite
• the trial court did not abuse its discretion in certifying the class, although the class representatives were admittedly “hand- picked” or selected as representatives
• “individual computation of damages will not prevent class certification”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Southwestern Refining Co., Inc. v. Bernal
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-05-11· cited 339×
• In Re Alford Chevrolet-Geo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-08-26· cited 207×
• Microsoft Corp. v. Manning
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1995-12-05· cited 118×
• Cuyler v. Minns
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-11-15· cited 113×
• Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Snell
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1993-03-03· cited 91×
• Central Power & Light Co. v. City of San Juan
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1998-02-12· cited 80×
• Forsyth v. Lake LBJ Investment Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1995-07-19· cited 77×
• Sun Coast Resources, Inc. v. Cooper
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-04-23· cited 74×
• Health & Tennis Corp. of America v. Jackson
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-07-09· cited 56×
• Rio Grande Valley Gas Co. v. City of Pharr
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1997-12-30· cited 54×
• Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. Kirkland
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-02-29· cited 53×
• Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Fry
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2000-08-17· cited 53×
• Ocean Transport, Inc. v. Greycas, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1994-06-30· cited 52×
• Glassell v. Ellis
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1997-12-02· cited 46×
• TCI Cablevision of Dallas, Inc. v. Owens
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2000-01-27· cited 38×
• Rainbow Group, Ltd. v. Johnson
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-05-06· cited 37×
• Entex v. City of Pearland
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-04-15· cited 34×
• Henry Schein, Inc. v. Stromboe
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-10-12· cited 30×
• Morgan v. Deere Credit, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-09-22· cited 28×
• Philadelphia American Life Insurance Co. v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-03-04· cited 27×