Topic: the foremost and dominant consideration. · Go Syfert
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8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 50 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips.

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1 Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips Anchor
tex · 1991
green “the foremost and dominant consideration.” 11
2 Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips
tex · 1991
green “foreseeability of the risk is the foremost and dominant consideration.” 10
3 Graff v. Beard
tex · 1993
green “it is fundamental that the existence of a legally cognizable duty is a prerequisite to all tort liability.” 6
4 Dukes v. PHILIP JOHNSON/ALAN RITCHIE ARCH., PC
texapp · 2008
green “depends on the particular agreement entered into with his employer.” 5
5 Hunt v. Ellisor & Tanner, Inc.
texapp · 1987
green “visit, to familiarize, to determine, to inform, and to endeavor to guard” 5
6 Hunt v. Ellisor & Tanner, Inc.
texapp · 1987
green “visit, to familiarize, to determine, to inform, and to endeavor to guard.” 5
7 Texas Home Management, Inc. v. Peavy
tex · 2002
green “factors such as the risk and foreseeability of injury, the social utility of the actor's conduct, the consequences of imposing the burden on the actor, and any other relevant competing individual and social interests implicated by the facts of the case.” 4
8 Hunt v. Ellisor & Tanner, Inc.
texapp · 1987
green “the architect shall be responsible for the architect's negligent acts or omissions, but shall not . . . be responsible for acts or omissions of the contractor . . . .” 4

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