Meyer v. Cathey’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently December 2025 · most notably Jones v. Blume (2006), Lundy v. Masson (2008)
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 68 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco))
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. · Associated Indemnity Corp. v. CAT Contracting, Inc. · Schlumberger Technology Corp. v. Swanson · Crim Truck & Tractor Co. v. Navistar International Transportation Corp. · Subaru of America, Inc. v. David McDavid Nissan, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[N]ot every relationship involving a high degree of trust and confidence rises to the stature of a fiduciary relationship.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mak[e] preparations for a future competing business venture[.] 77 Wooters v. Unitech Int'l, Inc., 513 S.W.3d 754, 763 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2017> pet. denied). q10 "Where the underlying facts are undisputed, determination of the existence, and breach, of fiduciary duties are questions of law, exclusively within the province of the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Due to its extraordinary nature, the law does not recognize a fiduciary relationship lightly. Therefore, whether such a duty exists depends on the circumstances. Fiduciary duties may arise from formal and informal relationships and may be created by contract.... A person is justified in placing confidence in the belief that another party will act in his best interest only where he is accustomed to being guided by the judgment or advice of the other party and there exists a long association in a business relationship as well as personal friendship. Thus, the relationship must exist prior to and apart from the agreement that is the basis of the suit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.