Arguello v. Conoco, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the right to impose standards of operation and to de-brand local stores was insufficient to establish agency relationship because the purported principal was not in control of the store’s daily operations
• reasoning that the “plain language” of contracts between an energy company and its individual gas stations specified that each station was an “independent business” and therefore foreclosed an agency relationship
• discussing general agency principles in the context of a section 1981 claim and reversing summary judgment on scope of employment
• finding lack of day-to-day control by franchisor of franchisee’s opera- tions and hiring decisions precluded agency finding for al- leged customer-service-based harms

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Causey v. Sewell Cadillac-Chevrolet, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-12-14· cited 479×
• Arguello v. Conoco, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-05-05· cited 110×
• DeCorte v. Jordan
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-15· cited 86×
• United States Ex Rel. Bias v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-03-09· cited 81×
• Kaye v. Lone Star Fund V (U.S.), L.P.
  N.D. Texas· 2011-04-26· cited 78×
• Carnell Construction Corp. v. Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-03-06· cited 64×
• Callwood v. Dave & Buster's, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2000-06-07· cited 49×
• Rodney Green Charlan Green v. Dillard's, Inc., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Kansas City Branch, Amicus on Behalf Of
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-04-05· cited 42×
• Floeting v. Grp. Health Coop.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2019-01-31· cited 32×
• Dehoyos v. Allstate Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-03· cited 28×
• Feacher v. Intercontinental Hotels Group
  N.D. New York· 2008-06-03· cited 26×
• Gallentine v. Housing Authority
  E.D. Texas· 2013-01-22· cited 26×
• Benton v. Cousins Properties, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2002-09-27· cited 24×
• McCoy v. Homestead Studio Suites Hotels
  S.D. Texas· 2005-05-11· cited 18×
• Hardie v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-06-27· cited 16×
• Solomon v. Waffle House, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2004-11-04· cited 15×
• Akiyama v. United States Judo Inc.
  W.D. Washington· 2002-01-10· cited 14×
• Jefferson v. City of Fremont
  N.D. California· 2014-11-06· cited 11×
• Slocumb v. Waffle House, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2005-03-15· cited 10×
• Monson v. Rochester Athlectic Club
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2009-01-06· cited 8×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 6,226×
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
  Supreme Court· 1971-03-08· cited 3,596×
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 2,518×
• General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-29· cited 1,067×
• Odie Joe Reid v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-02-04· cited 396×
• Neff v. American Dairy Queen Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-07-20· cited 97×
• Mildred Prunty v. Arkansas Freightways, Inc., and Chuck Baugh
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-04-18· cited 95×
• Karl Rove & Company v. Richard Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, Cross-Appellee, and Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-11-30· cited 68×
• Gordon D. Simms, Gordon D. Simms v. First Gibraltar Bank, First Gibraltar Bank, Fsb, Now Known as First Madison Bank, Fsb
  First Circuit· 1996-05-31· cited 64×
• Saul Olzman v. Lake Hills Swim Club, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1974-04-19· cited 62×
• Karen FLANAGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AARON E. HENRY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-07-13· cited 39×
• Domar Ocean Transportation, Ltd., a Division of Lee-Vac, Ltd. v. Independent Refining Company v. Milford Navigation Company, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1986-02-14· cited 37×
• City of Chicago v. Matchmaker Real Estate Sales Center, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-12-10· cited 37×
• Perry v. Burger King Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1996-05-02· cited 35×
• Winters v. Highlands Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-03-09· cited 18×
• Robinson v. Power Pizza, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1998-02-11· cited 11×