Cates v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• describing the holding in Erie R.R. v. Tomkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• “Rebuttal must be kept in perspective; it is not to 17 be used as a continuation of the case-in-chief.”
• \The standard for reviewing an attorney's fees award is abuse of discretion.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hall v. GE Plastic Pacific PTE Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-04-04· cited 143×
• Green v. Baca
  C.D. California· 2005-01-24· cited 67×
• Exxon Corp. v. Burglin
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-01-23· cited 42×
• Jack v. Evonik Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-08-22· cited 36×
• Robinson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-02-03· cited 30×
• Scallan v. Duriron Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-01-19· cited 21×
• Ake v. General Motors Corp.
  W.D. New York· 1996-10-21· cited 11×
• United States v. Michalik
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-07-15· cited 11×
• Hondo Oil and Gas Co. v. Texas Crude Operator, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-08-28· cited 9×
• Ottaviano v. Nautilus Ins. Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2010-06-07· cited 5×
• Seal v. Knorpp
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-05-20
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Sherwin-Williams Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-06-10
• Cotita v. Pharma-Plast, U.S.A., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-10-02
• Carter v. General Motors Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-02-03
• Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-05-04
• Lewis v. Intermedics Intraoc
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-07-06
• Robinson v. General Motors Corp.
  N.D. Texas· 2008-12-22
• Retro Metro v. City of Jackson
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-08-07

Cites

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

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
• Hanna v. Plumer
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,853×
• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,473×
• Martha Ann Brundage Rozier v. Ford Motor Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-07-31· cited 451×
• Daly v. General Motors Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1978-03-16· cited 347×
• Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1986-02-24· cited 230×
• Cates v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-04-01· cited 210×
• Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin Industries
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-01-14· cited 183×
• International Woodworkers of America, Afl-Cio and Its Local No. 5-376 v. Champion International Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-06-02· cited 176×
• Chappuis v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-04-10· cited 174×
• Moody v. Arabie
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1986-11-24· cited 148×
• United States v. Marrian Kolesar and Andrew Kolesar, Her Husband
  Fifth Circuit· 1963-02-27· cited 141×
• Philippe v. Browning Arms Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-03-02· cited 127×
• Grenada Steel Industries, Inc. v. Alabama Oxygen Company, Inc. And Sherwood-Selpac Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-01-17· cited 110×
• United States v. Bodcaw Co.
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-16· cited 101×
• Delhomme Industries, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Houston Beechcraft, Inc. And Beech Aircraft Corporation, Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-11· cited 83×
• Edwin Green, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Edwin Green, Deceased, and Mary Green v. American Tobacco Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-06-20· cited 81×
• Jessie Herbert v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-10-16· cited 68×
• Roland Bosse v. Litton Unit Handling Systems, Division of Litton Systems, Inc., Third Party v. Werner Associates, Inc., Third Party
  First Circuit· 1981-04-08· cited 64×