Legal Opinion
Franks v. National Dairy Products Corporation
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 27, 1968No. Civ. A. 1590PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, District Judge.
For a number of years past, the primary task which faced federal courts sitting in Texas in diversity cases involving products liability was that of divining the progress and direction of the Texas law in the area. 1 Through the landmark Texas cases of McKisson v. Sales Affiliates, Inc., 416 S.W.2d 787 (Tex.1967), and Jack Roach-Bissonnet, Inc. v. Puskar, 417 S.W.2d 262 (Tex.1967), we have witnessed the far-reaching extension of the policies of Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Inc. v. Capps, 139 Tex. 609, 164 S.W.2d 828, 142 A.L.R. 1479 (1942), to the present law as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- McKisson v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1967
- Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Inc. v. CappsTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Robert D. Putman v. Erie City Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Henderson v. Ford Motor CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- Greco v. Bucciconi Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Lee v. Crookston Coca-Cola Bottling CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Bristol-Myers Co. v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Bredberg v. Pepsico, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1996
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