Cohen v. McCutchin

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 writing failed to satisfy the statute of frauds where it failed to “identify McKnight as the assignor in any way”
• interpreting Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. § 26.01(a) (West 2002)
• interpreting Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. ' 26.01(a) (West 2002)
• written memorandum must contain all the essential elements of the agreement, so that the contract can be ascertained from the writings without resorting to oral testimony
• “[T]here must be a written memorandum which is complete within itself in every material detail, and which contains all of the essential elements of the agreement, so that the contract can be ascertained from the writings without resorting to oral testimony.”

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Cited by

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

• Padilla v. LaFrance
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-10-05· cited 515×
• In Re Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse of McAllen, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-07-01· cited 185×
• Southmark Corporation v. Life Investors, Inc., and Uslico Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-11· cited 123×
• Trammell Crow Co. No. 60 v. Harkinson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-06-06· cited 118×
• Material Partnerships, Inc. v. Ventura
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-03-06· cited 108×
• Lewis v. Adams
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1998-11-12· cited 76×
• William R. PERDUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BURGER KING CORPORATION, Craig Bushey, and the Benefits Committee, Defendants-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-12-01· cited 62×
• Welch v. Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2000-08-16· cited 62×
• Shamrock Psychiatric Clinic, P.A. v. Tex. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-02-23· cited 58×
• Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. C. Springs 300, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-04-16· cited 57×
• Garrod Investments, Inc. v. Schlegel
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2004-07-15· cited 55×
• Goldman, Mark & Caroline v. Olmstead, Jeffrey & Summer, Sandra Hewett, NRT Texas, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-10-24· cited 55×
• Garner v. Corpus Christi National Bank
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1997-05-22· cited 54×
• Leach v. Conoco, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-02-16· cited 53×
• Westlake Petrochemicals, L.L.C. v. United Polychem, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-07-24· cited 46×
• Bank of Texas, N.A. v. Gaubert
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2009-05-08· cited 45×
• BACM 2001-1 San Felipe Road Ltd. Partnership v. Trafalgar Holdings I, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-01-11· cited 39×
• Green v. Midland Mortgage Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-04-12· cited 32×
• Conner v. Lavaca Hospital District
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-10-04· cited 31×
• Dunbar Medical Systems Inc - Counter v. Gammex Inc, Formerly Known as Radiation Measurements Inc - Counter
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-06-21· cited 31×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gibbs v. General Motors Corporation
  Texas Supreme Court· 1970-02-11· cited 1,504×
• Prestegord v. Glenn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1969-05-07· cited 40×
• Taber v. Pettus Oil & Refining Co.
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1942-06-03· cited 37×
• Botello v. Misener-Collins Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1971-07-07· cited 31×
• Boddy v. Gray
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-04-16· cited 30×
• Cohen v. McCutchin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-08-04· cited 3×

Other cases named Cohen v. McCutchin

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Cohen v. McCutchin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1977-08-04· cited 3×