Pitts & Collard, L.L.P. v. Schechter

How courts have described this case

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

• stating fact-finder is sole judge of credibility of witnesses and may choose to believe one witness over another
• finding evidence sufficient to support verdict that plaintiff was first to breach
• finding evidence factually sufficient to support $100,000 award for damage to reputation
• “[P]arol evidence of the parties’ 27 intent is not admissible to vary the terms of an otherwise unambiguous instrument”
• party waived complaint that jury’s award of no attorney’s fees was against great weight and preponderance of evidence by not filing motion for new trial
• noting five ways to preserve no- evidence challenge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Robert L. & Julia T. McCullough v. Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates, Inc
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-06-20· cited 87×
• Eun Bok Lee v. Ho Chang Lee
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-08-20· cited 52×
• Wise, Curtis B. v. Sr Dallas, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-06-30· cited 41×
• Ginn v. NCI Building Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-08-13· cited 34×
• Kevin T. Morton v. Hung Nguyen and Carol S. Nguyen
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-05-17· cited 25×
• Burrus v. Reyes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-08· cited 25×
• City of Austin v. Chandler
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-04-18· cited 24×
• Martinez v. Pfizer Inc.
  W.D. Texas· 2019-03-14· cited 22×
• Manzoor Memon v. Haroon Shaikh
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-04-30· cited 18×
• Maverick Benefit Advisors, LLC Mountain Benefit Associates, LLC Taylor H. Haynes and Elisabeth A. Wasson v. David J. Bostrom Bostrom Enterprises, LLC and Mountain States Review, Inc.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2016-10-06· cited 13×
• Superior Broadcast Products v. Doud Media Group, L.L.C.
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2012-11-29· cited 12×
• Vance v. Popkowski
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-25· cited 11×
• Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Ameriton Properties Incorporated
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-10-02· cited 10×
• Internacional Realty, Inc. v. 2005 RP West, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-10-07· cited 9×
• Carlton Energy Group, LLC v. Gene E. Phillips, Individually and D/B/A Phillips Oil Interest, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-02-14· cited 9×
• Charles R. Tips Family Trust, Hazel W. Tips Family Trust and Charles T. Watkins v. PB Commercial LLC
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-02-23· cited 7×
• State v. Luby's Fuddruckers Restaurants, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-15· cited 7×
• Gilberto Rincones v. Whm Custom Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-02-12· cited 6×
• Hardin v. Obstetrical & Gynecological Associates P.A.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-06· cited 6×
• Willliam B. Ellard v. William D. Ellard
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-07-23· cited 4×

Cites

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

• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• City of Keller v. Wilson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-06-10· cited 10,088×
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 6,606×
• Cain v. Bain
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-12· cited 4,555×
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 4,525×
• Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Knott
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-12-19· cited 3,329×
• Dow Chemical Co. v. Francis
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 2,994×
• Coker v. Coker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-05-04· cited 2,505×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-07· cited 2,318×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
  Supreme Court· 1967-10-09· cited 1,899×
• Worford v. Stamper
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-30· cited 1,831×
• Golden Eagle Archery, Inc. v. Jackson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-09-11· cited 1,485×
• Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-25· cited 1,413×
• National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. CBI Industries, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-10-05· cited 1,247×
• Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. and Brien Garcia v. Nury Chapa
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-12-22· cited 1,196×
• Plas-Tex, Inc. v. U.S. Steel Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1989-04-19· cited 1,163×
• T.O. Stanley Boot Co. v. Bank of El Paso
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-03-24· cited 896×
• In the Interest of B.L.D.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 885×