Kourosh Hemyari v. Stephens

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that an order’s terms are ambiguous if they are “susceptible of more than one reasonable interpretation”
• acknowledging that an order’s terms are ambiguous if they are “susceptible of more than one reasonable interpretation”
• reciting that appellate courts interpret ambiguous orders—those that are susceptible of more than one reasonable interpretation—by looking to surrounding circumstances in order to discern their meaning
• “[U]nder general rules of construction we avoid strictly construing an instrument’s language if it would lead to absurd results.”
• “Only where an order’s terms are ambiguous—that is, susceptible of more than one reasonable interpretation—do we look to the surrounding circumstances to discern their meaning.”
• “[U]nder general rules of construction we avoid strictly construing an instrument's language if it would lead to absurd results.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Estate of Hoskins
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-08· cited 24×
• Brush v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  S.D. Texas· 2012-11-29· cited 16×
• Thomas G. McCoy v. Alden Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-07-10· cited 10×
• the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, and the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar and Intervening Congregations
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2018-04-05· cited 9×
• In re AMRCO, Inc.
  W.D. Texas· 2013-07-29· cited 4×
• George West 59 Investment, Inc. v. Williams (In re George West 59 Investment, Inc.)
  N.D. Texas· 2015-02-11· cited 2×
• Wahid Yammine, Individually and D/B/A Yam Yam Trading v. HDH Financial, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2015-06-15
• Doe 1, Doe 2 and Doe 3 v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2015-07-07
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-11-06
• in Re Finn Kristensen, Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals, LLC, Akzo Nobel, Inc., Akzo Nobel Chemicals, LLC Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., and Gabe T. Vick
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-07-31
• New Deliverance Church, Inc. v. Adam Miller and Houssiere, Durant & Houssiere, LLP
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-04-25
• Gary Ben Stephens v. Union Valley Ranch, LP
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-07-21
• the Lynd Company v. RSUI Indemnity Company
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2012-12-28
• Greystone Multi-Family Builders, Inc. v. TES Electric, LP
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-10-07
• Great Northern Energy, Inc. v. Circle Ridge Production, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2016-09-28
• Mosaic Residental North Condominium Association, Inc. v. 5925 Almeda North Tower, L.P., 5925 Almeda North Tower, G.P., L.L.C., J.E. Dunn Construction Company, and Elmore Interest, Inc. D/B/A Admiral Glass & Mirror
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2018-10-18
• Gilbert Kouba, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Audrey Kouba, Karen Williams and Curtis Kouba v. Northland Industries, Inc. D/B/A Magnum Fitness , JHTNA Manufacturing, L.L.C., and Johsnon Health Tech North America, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2019-08-13
• in Re Schlumberger Technology Corporation and the Dow Chemical Company
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2019-10-24
• Texas P.M.R., Inc. and John Ripley v. Robert Ripley and Mary Guzman
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2019-12-18
• Guilherme Casalicchio v. BOKF, N.A.
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-03-09

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gulf Insurance Co. v. Burns Motors, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 327×
• Tittizer v. Union Gas Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-08-26· cited 291×
• Reiss v. Reiss
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 275×
• Transcontinental Insurance Co. v. Crump
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-08-27· cited 266×
• Lone Star Cement Corporation v. Fair
  Texas Supreme Court· 1971-05-05· cited 190×
• University Savings Ass'n v. Springwoods Shopping Center
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-12-08· cited 58×
• Estelle v. Hart
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1932-12-22· cited 38×
• Stephens v. Hemyari
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-02-16· cited 14×
• Kimberly Development Corp. v. First State Bank of Greens Bayou
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1966-06-16· cited 13×