Sheppard v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 80th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Fitzgerald v. Advanced Spine Fixation Systems, Inc. · Anderson v. City of Seven Points · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital v. Agbor · Hunter v. Fort Worth Capital Corp.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a writ of mandamus may issue in a proper case to correct a clear abuse of discretion by a public official.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.