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26 Texas opinions name it 3 courts 1995–2026 5 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Holloway v. Skinnergreen2 sentences2016Holloway v. Skinner, 898 S.W.2d 793, 795-96 (Tex. 1995). 2016Holloway v. Skinner, 898 S.W.2d 793 , 795–96 (Tex. 1995). | 4 | 4 |
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Editorial Caballero, S.A. De C.V.green2 sentences2009See Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Editorial Caballero, S.A. de C.V. , 202 S.W.3d 250, 265 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2006, pet. denied); see also Coca-Cola Co. v. Harmar Bottling Co. , 218 S.W.3d 671, 690 (Tex. 2006) (signaling that tortious interference with a contract and tortious interference with a business relationship are separate torts). 2009See Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Editorial Caballero, S.A. de C.V., 202 S.W.3d 250, 265 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 2006, pet. denied); see also Cocctr-Cola Co. v. Harmar Bottling Co., 218 S.W.3d 671, 690 (Tex.2006) (signaling that tortious interference with a contract and tortious interference with a business relationship are separate torts). | 3 | 3 |
Coca-Cola Co. v. Harmar Bottling Co.green2 sentences2009See Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Editorial Caballero, S.A. de C.V. , 202 S.W.3d 250, 265 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2006, pet. denied); see also Coca-Cola Co. v. Harmar Bottling Co. , 218 S.W.3d 671, 690 (Tex. 2006) (signaling that tortious interference with a contract and tortious interference with a business relationship are separate torts). 2009See Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Editorial Caballero, S.A. de C.V., 202 S.W.3d 250, 265 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 2006, pet. denied); see also Cocctr-Cola Co. v. Harmar Bottling Co., 218 S.W.3d 671, 690 (Tex.2006) (signaling that tortious interference with a contract and tortious interference with a business relationship are separate torts). | 3 | 3 |
Mary Louise Serafine v. Alexander Blunt and Ashley Bluntgreen2 sentences2023See Serafine, 466 S.W.3d at 361 . 2021P. 39.2)). -5- (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2019, no pet.) (concluding that statements relating to a tortious interference with contract claim were within the scope of the TCPA’s protections); Serafine v. Blunt, 466 S.W.3d 352, 360 (Tex. App.—Austin 2015, no pet.) (same), the first commercial- speech exemption element Weber must prove is that Grable and the Firm are “primarily engaged in the business of selling or leasing goods or services.” See TEX. | 2 | 4 |
the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston, Inc. v. John Moore Services, Inc. and John Moore Renovation, LLCgreen2 sentences2019Serafine, 466 S.W.3d at 362 ; John Moore Servs., 441 S.W.3d at 361 (concluding that nonmovant did not present clear and specific evidence of 34 existence of contracts, specific terms of contracts, or evidence of how contract was breached and thus failed to establish prima facie case for contract element of tortious-interference claim); All Am. 2018Serafine, 466 S.W.3d at 362 ; John Moore Servs., 441 S.W.3d at 361 (concluding that nonmovant did not present clear and specific evidence of existence of contracts, specific terms of contracts, or evidence of how contract was breached and thus failed to establish prima facie case for contract element of tortious-interference claim); All Am. | 2 | 2 |
Texas Beef Cattle Co. v. Greengreen2 sentences2002Texas Beef Cattle Company v. Green, supra at 210. 1997See also Texas Beef Cattle Co. v. Green, 921 S.W.2d 203, 210 (Tex.1996) (discussing distinction between actual and legal malice as it affects justification defense to a tortious interference with contract claim). | 2 | 2 |
American National Petroleum Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.green2 sentences1998Id. at 47 [citations omitted]; see also American Nat’l Petroleum Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 798 S.W.2d 274, 278 (Tex.1990) (tort damages not precluded for a tortious interference with contract claim, notwithstanding fact that the damages for the tort claim compensated for the same economic losses that were recoverable under a breach of contract claim). 1998American Nat’l Petroleum Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 798 S.W.2d 274, 278 (Tex.1990). | 2 | 2 |
Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co.green2 sentences2023Butnaru, 84 S.W.3d at 207 ; Reg’l Specialty Clinic, P.A., 625 S.W.3d at 902. 2018See Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co., 84 S.W.3d 198, 207 (Tex. 2002). | 1 | 2 |
Marrs & Smith Partnership v. D.K. Boyd Oil & Gas Co.green1 sentence2026See Marrs & Smith P’ship, 223 S.W.3d at 22-23 (concluding that evidence established tortious interference with contract where defendant partnership inserted itself into negotiation of mineral-lease agreement even though it did not have any legal right or colorable legal right to do so). | 1 | 1 |
Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. and Brien Garcia v. Nury Chapagreen1 sentence2025See Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa, 212 S.W.3d 299, 313-14 (Tex. 2006) (holding that when discrete legal services “advance both a recoverable and unrecoverable claim” they are “so intertwined that they need not be segregated”). | 1 | 1 |
MVS International Corporation and Manuel Saturno v. International Advertising Solutions, LLC, Next Level Firm, LLC, Rene Rascongreen1 sentence2023Sols., LLC, 545 S.W.3d 180, 199 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2017, no pet.) (holding that tortious interference requires proof of interference with a specific contract). | 1 | 1 |
Funes v. VILLATOROgreen1 sentence2019Funes v. Villatoro, 352 S.W.3d 200, 213 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2011, pet. denied). | 1 | 1 |
Delgado v. Methodist Hospitalgreen1 sentence2015Delgado v. Methodist Hosp., 936 S.W.2d 479, 486 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1996, no writ); Soukup v. Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. | 1 | 1 |
Powell Industries, Inc. v. Allengreen1 sentence2015See Powell Indus., Inc. v. Allen, 985 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex. 1998) (per curiam). | 1 | 1 |
Schimmel v. McGregorgreen1 sentence2015See Schimmel v. McGregor, 438 S.W.3d 847, 860-862 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2014, pet. filed) (“We agree with Schimmel that the Buy-Out Owners presented only their conclusory statements, unsupported by any facts, that Schimmel’s actions caused the City of Galveston to fail to close on the purchases.”). | 1 | 1 |
All American Telephone, Inc. v. USLD Communications, Inc.green1 sentence2015Tel., Inc., 291 S.W.3d at 532 (“General claims of interference with a business relationship are insufficient to establish a tortious interference with contract claim.”). | 1 | 1 |
Juliette Fowler Homes, Inc. v. Welch Associates, Inc.red2 sentences2011See Juliette Fowler Homes, 793 S.W.2d at 666 ; Sterner, 767 S.W.2d at 689 ; Knox, 992 S.W.2d at 57-58 . 2011In support of his argument, Odem relies upon Juliette Fowler Homes, Inc. v. Welch Assocs., Inc., 793 S.W.2d 660 (Tex. 1990), Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co., 767 S.W.2d 686 (Tex. 1989), and Knox v. Taylor, 992 S.W.2d 40 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, no pet.). | 1 | 1 |
Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Engineers and Contractors, Inc.green1 sentence1998Id. at 47 [citations omitted]; see also American Nat’l Petroleum Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 798 S.W.2d 274, 278 (Tex.1990) (tort damages not precluded for a tortious interference with contract claim, notwithstanding fact that the damages for the tort claim compensated for the same economic losses that were recoverable under a breach of contract claim). | 1 | 1 |
Sabine Pilot Service, Inc. v. Hauckgreen1 sentence1995Id. (citing Sabine Pilot Serv., Inc., v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733, 735 (Tex.1985)). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Benavides v. Mathis
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1 sentence2015Holloway v. Skinner, 898 S.W.2d 793, 795-96 (Tex. 1995); Benavides v. Mathis, 433 S.W.3d 59 , 63 n.3 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2014, pet. denied). | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Knox v. Taylor
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2 sentences2011See Juliette Fowler Homes, 793 S.W.2d at 666 ; Sterner, 767 S.W.2d at 689 ; Knox, 992 S.W.2d at 57-58 . 2011In support of his argument, Odem relies upon Juliette Fowler Homes, Inc. v. Welch Assocs., Inc., 793 S.W.2d 660 (Tex. 1990), Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co., 767 S.W.2d 686 (Tex. 1989), and Knox v. Taylor, 992 S.W.2d 40 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, no pet.). | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co.
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2 sentences2011See Juliette Fowler Homes, 793 S.W.2d at 666 ; Sterner, 767 S.W.2d at 689 ; Knox, 992 S.W.2d at 57-58 . 2011In support of his argument, Odem relies upon Juliette Fowler Homes, Inc. v. Welch Assocs., Inc., 793 S.W.2d 660 (Tex. 1990), Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co., 767 S.W.2d 686 (Tex. 1989), and Knox v. Taylor, 992 S.W.2d 40 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, no pet.). | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Jones v. Legal Copy, Inc.
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1 sentence1995Id. (citing Sabine Pilot Serv., Inc., v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733, 735 (Tex.1985)). | 1 | 1995–1995 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.