Graebel/Houston Movers, Inc. v. Chastain

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that predominant issue was whether defendant uniformly billed customers for storage insurance and failed to procure insurance, not whether he made misrepresentations to each individual class member
• holding that predominant issue was whether defendant uniformly billed customers for storage insurance and failed to procure insurance, not whether he made misrepresentations to each individual class member
• explaining that in class-action suit alleging that storage company charged its customers for insurance but did not obtain policy, predominate issue was whether customers were improperly charged fee, not whether company made individual misrepresentations
• explaining that in class-action suit alleging that storage company charged its customers for insurance but did not obtain policy, predominate issue was whether customers were improperly charged fee, not whether company made individual misrepresentations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Lopez
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-14· cited 105×
• Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. v. Hankins
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 67×
• Polaris Industries, Inc. v. McDonald
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2003-08-13· cited 34×
• Grizzle Ex Rel. Grizzle v. Texas Commerce Bank, N.A.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2001-02-14· cited 30×
• Alford Chevrolet-Geo v. Jones
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-12-27· cited 26×
• Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc. v. Posey
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-09-09· cited 26×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Lopez
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-05-03· cited 25×
• Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Co. v. Pina
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2005-07-14· cited 25×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Bowden
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-07-10· cited 23×
• Lon Smith & Associates, Inc. and A-1 Systems, Inc., D/B/A Lon Smith Roofing and Construction v. Joe Key and Stacci Key
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-08-03· cited 23×
• Texas South Rentals, Inc. v. Gomez
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2008-07-17· cited 22×
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Marketing on Hold, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2005-08-04· cited 19×
• Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. v. Hankins
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2001-07-25· cited 16×
• Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. v. Neinast
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-03-07· cited 16×
• Best Buy Co., Inc. v. Barrera
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-11-30· cited 14×
• Wall v. Parkway Chevrolet, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-10-28· cited 13×
• Snyder Communications v. Magana
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-11-27· cited 13×
• Citgo Refining & Marketing, Inc. v. Garza
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-03-23· cited 12×
• Bliss & Glennon Inc. v. Ashley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-01-07· cited 9×
• Spangle v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-08-29· cited 8×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-03-03· cited 312×
• General Motors Corp. v. Bloyed
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-02-09· cited 201×
• Weatherly v. Deloitte & Touche
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1995-09-28· cited 133×
• Intratex Gas Co. v. Beeson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-03-09· cited 118×
• Microsoft Corp. v. Manning
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1995-12-05· cited 118×
• Life Insurance Co. of Southwest v. Brister
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-12-18· cited 95×
• Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Snell
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1993-03-03· cited 91×
• Simon v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-07-10· cited 88×
• Forsyth v. Lake LBJ Investment Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1995-07-19· cited 77×
• Employers Casualty Co. v. Texas Ass'n of School Boards Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Fund
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-12-07· cited 75×
• Sun Coast Resources, Inc. v. Cooper
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-04-23· cited 74×
• Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. Kirkland
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-02-29· cited 53×
• Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Kennedy
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1991-04-17· cited 36×
• Morgan v. Deere Credit, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-09-22· cited 28×
• Soper v. Valone
  W.D. New York· 1985-11-29· cited 8×