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actor standard in Texas

22 Texas opinions name it 3 courts 1979–2024 1 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.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Guevara v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 2004 · cited in 16 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2002–2009
2 sentences

2009Guevara v. State, 152 S.W.3d 45, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Kutzner v. State, 994 S.W.2d 180, 184 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999).

2009Guevara v. State, 152 S.W.3d 45, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Kutzner v. State, 994 S.W.2d 180, 184 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999).

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Kutzner v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 1999 · cited in 11 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2002–2009
2 sentences

2009Guevara v. State, 152 S.W.3d 45, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Kutzner v. State, 994 S.W.2d 180, 184 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999).

2009Guevara v. State, 152 S.W.3d 45, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Kutzner v. State, 994 S.W.2d 180, 184 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999).

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Cortez v. Weatherford Independent School Districtgreen
texapp · 1996 · cited in 3 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
2 sentences

2011Cortez v. Weatherford ISD, 925 S.W.2d 144, 148 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1996, no writ).

2011Cortez v. Weatherford ISD, 925 S.W.2d 144, 148 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 1996, no writ).

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Smith v. Stategreen
texapp · 2001 · cited in 2 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2005–2008
2 sentences

2008Guevara v. State, 152 S.W.3d 45, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Kutzner v. State, 994 S.W.2d 180, 184 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999); Smith v. State, 56 S.W.3d 739, 744 (Tex.App.–Houston [14 th Dist.] 2001, no pet.).

2005Guevara v. State, 152 S.W.3d 45, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Kutzner v. State, 994 S.W.2d 180, 184 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999); Smith v. State, 56 S.W.3d 739, 744 (Tex.App.–Houston [14 th Dist.] 2001, no pet.).

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Brian Bash v. Textron Financial Corporationgreen
ca6 · 2016 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024Co., 834 F.3d 651, 677 (6th Cir. 2016) (collecting authorities on the “innocent insider exception” to the sole actor rule).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (1)

CaseNegativeCited
William Sommerville & Son, Inc. v. Cartergreen
texapp · 1978 · cited in 2 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1979–1986
2 sentences

1986But see William Sommerville & Son, Inc. v. Carter, 571 S.W.2d 953 (Tex.Civ.App. — Tyler 1978, affirmed), where the court found that, to be an aider and abettor under Art. 911b, § 16(a) Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (1925), one must have knowledge of the illegality alleged plus criminal intent to violate and must actively encourage the principal actor in the violation.

1979We agree.” 571 S.W.2d 953 at 957 .

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Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Carter v. William Sommerville and Son, Inc. green
tex · 1979
1 sentence

1986The Supreme Court of Texas affirmed using different reasoning (that a violation of § 16(a) does not constitute negligence per se), and specifically did not reach the lower court’s reasoning on this point, stating, "[s]uffice it to say ... that our opinion should not be read as approving the court of civil appeals on this point, nor should that portion of the court of civil appeals [sic] opinion relating thereto carry any precedential weight when the issue is raised in the context suggested by the Attorney General." Carter v. William Sommerville and Son, Inc., 584 S.W.2d 274 (Tex.1979), at 279,

11986–1986

Statutes the citing opinions construe

TX § Tex. Penal Code § 34.01 (10) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 34.02 (10) TX § Tex. Educ. Code § 22.0511 (3) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 1.07 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

TX 22 (1979–2024) WI 10 (1970–2015) CA 9 (1974–2025) PA 4 (1976–2015) NJ 4 (1993–2024) DE 3 (2015–2024) MI 3 (1970–2015) IN 2 (2008–2008) OH 2 (1990–2001) KS 2 (1982–2019)

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.

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