Arsement v. Spinnaker Exploration Co.

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 owner of an offshore drilling platform was not liable under Section 414 to plaintiffs, a contractor’s employees who were injured on the platform, because the owner lacked sufficient control over the mode or method of the plaintiffs’ work
• stating that chapter 95 applies to the property owner, but not to general or independent contractors
• stating that chapter 95 applies to the property owner, but not to general or independent contractors
• applying de novo review when the nonmovant failed to object in the four days between the movant’s filing the motion and the district court’s ruling on it
• noting it was undisputed that the sump deck constituted an improvement
• “It goes without saying that a pre-trial order controls the scope and course of trial . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Amerisourcebergen Corporation v. Dialysist West, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-10-06· cited 855×
• I4i Ltd. Partnership v. Microsoft Corp.
  Federal Circuit· 2010-03-10· cited 374×
• Alexandro Puga v. About Tyme Transport, Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-04-17· cited 145×
• Harris Corporation v. Ericsson, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-08-05· cited 139×
• DeCorte v. Jordan
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-15· cited 86×
• United States v. Michael Barnes
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-03-23· cited 65×
• Joshua Montano v. Orange County Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-11-29· cited 60×
• Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue Sky Medical Group, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2009-02-02· cited 57×
• AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Dialysist West, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-03-21· cited 56×
• Benjamin Orozco v. Pane E. Vino, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-07-03· cited 55×
• Carley Ex Rel. Situated v. Crest Pumping Techs., L. L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-05-16· cited 53×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-03-01· cited 48×
• ClearValue, Inc. v. Pearl River Polymers, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2012-02-17· cited 42×
• Alvertis Isbell v. DM Records, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-12-18· cited 29×
• Painter v. Momentum Energy Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2008-11-20· cited 27×
• Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc. v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
  N.D. Texas· 2016-03-25· cited 26×
• Gorman v. Ngo H. Meng
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-03-01· cited 19×
• Thomas v. Hughes
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-03-03· cited 19×
• Lyrick Studios, Inc. v. Big Idea Productions, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-08-05· cited 13×
• Union Carbide Corp. v. Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-04-19· cited 13×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• Collins v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-08-31· cited 1,731×
• Redinger v. Living, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-08· cited 503×
• Elliott-Williams Co., Inc. v. Diaz
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-12-16· cited 351×
• United States v. Generes
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-27· cited 341×
• Hoechst Celanese Corp. v. Mendez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-02-13· cited 175×
• Bellows v. Amoco Oil Co, TX
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-07-17· cited 136×
• Lane v. R.A. Sims, Jr., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-06· cited 80×
• Williams v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-03-03· cited 79×
• Albert Edwards v. United States of America, S. Frank Edwards v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1964-09-23· cited 75×
• Francis v. Coastal Oil & Gas Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-05-29· cited 62×
• Marsha Lee Wallin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Carl R. Wallin, Deceased v. Allen Ernest Fuller and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-04-20· cited 58×
• Horton v. Bank One, N.A.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-10-05· cited 55×
• Fisher v. Lee and Chang Partnership
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2000-04-20· cited 55×
• Villegas v. Texas Department of Transportation
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2003-08-13· cited 50×
• Sobley v. Southern Natural Gas Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-08-13· cited 40×
• Dow Chemical Co. v. Bright
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-10-17· cited 33×
• Luis Levrie and Henry Rodriguez v. Department of Army and United States of America
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-01-22· cited 17×
• Thompson And Wallace Of Memphis, Inc. v. Falconwood Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-01-06· cited 16×
• Holberg & Co. v. Citizens National Assurance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-05-13· cited 14×