Brazos River Authority v. GE Ionics, 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 district erred when it allowed a corporate representative to testify to information he learned only through conversations with other people at the company
• recognizing that when a designated representative is unable or unwilling to testify on a certain subject, a corporation may comply with its duty by “designat[ing] another witness with personal or corporate knowledge of the questions asked”
• explaining that a Rule 30(b)(6) witness “does not give his personal opinions, but presents the corporation’s ‘position’ on the topic”
• explaining that a Rule 30(b)(6) witness “does not give his personal opinions, but presents the corporation’s ‘position’ on the topic”
• stating that business “must prepare the designee to the extent matters are reasonably available, whether from documents, past employees, or other sources”
• explaining that a Rule 30(b)(6) representative “does not testify as to his personal knowledge or perceptions... he testifies vicariously for the corporation, as to its knowledge and perceptions”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Shukri Baker
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-07· cited 263×
• Cutting Underwater Technologies USA, Inc. v. Eni U.S. Operating Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-02-14· cited 238×
• Marie Hicks-Fields v. Christopher Pool
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-06-26· cited 202×
• N. Cypress Med. Ctr. Operating Co. v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-07-31· cited 137×
• Whitehouse Hotel Ltd. Partnership v. Commissioner
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-08-10· cited 115×
• United States v. Curtis
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-03-14· cited 115×
• DeCorte v. Jordan
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-15· cited 86×
• Webb v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-11-21· cited 73×
• Weiser-Brown Operating Co. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-09-16· cited 67×
• Baker v. Canadian National/Illinois Central Railroad
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-07-17· cited 41×
• University Healthsystem Consortium v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-09-19· cited 38×
• Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-01-19· cited 37×
• Daniel v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-07· cited 36×
• Earnest v. Sanofi US Services
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-02-10· cited 34×
• Witt v. GC Services Ltd. Partnership
  D. Colorado· 2014-12-09· cited 21×
• TIG Insurance v. Tyco International Ltd.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-01-23· cited 20×
• Aranda v. City of McMinnville
  D. Oregon· 2013-04-29· cited 20×
• Carriage Hills Condominium, Inc. v. JBH Roofing & Constructors, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-20· cited 19×
• MCI Communications Services, Inc. v. Hagan
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-05-12· cited 18×
• Sanofi-Aventis v. Sandoz, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2011-01-28· cited 14×

Cites

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

• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Butcher
  E.D. Tennessee· 1986-10-30· cited 285×
• Larry T. Wilson, Cross-Appellant v. Thomas L. Beebe, Cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-08-12· cited 267×
• Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-04-10· cited 237×
• Mills v. Beech Aircraft Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-10-26· cited 223×
• Sarah Helen Williams Dollar v. Long Mfg., N. C., Inc., and Third-Party v. Nichols Tractor Company, Inc., Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1977-11-30· cited 188×
• United States v. Taylor
  M.D. North Carolina· 1996-02-27· cited 167×
• Torres v. County of Oakland
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-03-19· cited 149×
• Bank of New York v. Meridien BIAO Bank Tanzania Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 1997-03-21· cited 145×
• Metallurgical Industries Inc. v. Fourtek, Inc., Irving Bielefeldt, Norman Montesino, Gary Boehm, Michael Sarvadi & Smith International, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-06-02· cited 107×
• Perry Moss, Jr., and Rosalind E. Moss v. Ole South Real Estate, Inc., Perry Moss, Jr., and Rosalind E. Moss v. Ole South Real Estate, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-06-26· cited 101×
• Resolution Trust Corporation, in Its Capacity as Receiver of First Bankers Trust and Savings Association, F.A. v. Southern Union Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1993-03-05· cited 91×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1997-08-18· cited 87×
• United States v. Buck
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-03-17· cited 83×
• Compaq Computer Corp. v. Ergonome Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-10-05· cited 75×
• Jackson v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-04-30· cited 74×
• Marker v. Union Fidelity Life Insurance
  M.D. North Carolina· 1989-03-09· cited 73×
• Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation and Insurance Company of North America v. Eustace J. Matherne
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-06-25· cited 66×
• Susie Mae Johnson, Cross-Appellee v. William C. Ellis & Sons Iron Works, Inc., Etc., Long Reach Manufacturing, Etc., Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-01-11· cited 63×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Morelli
  S.D. New York· 1992-07-30· cited 61×
• Westmoreland v. CBS INC.
  S.D. New York· 1984-12-13· cited 57×