Sun Oil Co. (Delaware) v. Madeley

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that surrounding circumstances are considered in determining whether written agreement is complete and exclusive statement of terms
• holding that when a contract is unambiguous the court shall confine its review to the agreement “as written”
• holding method of accounting in administering a contract was inadmissible evidence of a party’s interpretation
• stating that in construing an instrument, the court’s task is to seek the parties’ intention “as that intention is expressed” in the document
• stating that in construing an instrument, the court’s task is to seek the parties’ intention “as that intention is expressed” in the document
• explaining that surrounding circumstances are considered in determining whether written agreement is complete and exclusive statement of terms

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. CBI Industries, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-10-05· cited 1,247×
• Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBank
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-03-21· cited 892×
• Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. New Ulm Gas, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-10-18· cited 706×
• In Re Weekley Homes, L.P.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-10-28· cited 447×
• Island Recreational Development Corp. v. Republic of Texas Savings Ass'n
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-05-07· cited 409×
• Uri, Inc. v. Kleberg Cnty.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-03-23· cited 395×
• Luckel v. White
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-01-08· cited 392×
• Seagull Energy E & P, Inc. v. Eland Energy, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-06-16· cited 374×
• Pathfinder Oil & Gas, Inc. and Cathlind Energy, Llc v. Great Western Drilling, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2019-05-24· cited 233×
• Universal Health Services, Inc. v. Renaissance Women's Group, P.A.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-09-30· cited 210×
• Adams v. Petrade International, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1988-03-17· cited 184×
• Abraxas Petroleum Corp. v. Hornburg
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2000-03-16· cited 177×
• Hill v. Heritage Resources, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1998-02-18· cited 169×
• Plains Exploration & Production Company v. Torch Energy Advisors Incorporated
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-06-15· cited 166×
• First Bank v. Brumitt
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-05-12· cited 166×
• Ideal Lease Service, Inc. v. Amoco Production Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-12-31· cited 146×
• Exxon Corp. v. West Texas Gathering Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-09-29· cited 144×
• Pitman v. Lightfoot
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-08-07· cited 142×
• Kachina Pipeline Company, Inc. v. Michael D. Lillis
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-10-09· cited 137×
• Houston Exploration Co. v. Wellington Underwriting Agencies, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2011-08-26· cited 132×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Daniel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-10-31· cited 553×
• City of Pinehurst v. Spooner Addition Water Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-10-02· cited 473×
• Wheeler v. White
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-11-10· cited 265×
• Woods v. Sims
  Texas Supreme Court· 1954-12-08· cited 172×
• Exxon Corp. v. Middleton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-02-04· cited 146×
• Fox v. Thoreson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1966-01-05· cited 135×
• McMahon v. Christmann
  Texas Supreme Court· 1957-05-29· cited 118×
• Southland Life Insurance v. Vela
  Texas Supreme Court· 1949-01-26· cited 68×
• Superior Oil Co. v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-05-02· cited 45×
• Rutherford v. Randal
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-01-30· cited 43×
• Smith v. Liddell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1963-05-01· cited 43×
• Lone Star Gas Co. v. Stine
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1931-07-22· cited 38×
• Remington Rand, Inc. v. Sugarland Industries
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1941-06-25· cited 29×
• Harriss v. Ritter
  Texas Supreme Court· 1955-05-25· cited 23×
• Southland Life Insurance v. Lawson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1941-06-25· cited 22×
• EF Hutton & Company, Inc. v. Fox
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-11-27· cited 19×
• Sun Oil (Delaware) v. Madeley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-20· cited 5×
• Blocker v. CHRISTIE MITCHELL & MITCHELL CO.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1960-10-21· cited 2×