Ball v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 district · 45 state decisions

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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Mechanics, artisans and material men, of every class, shall have a lien upon the buildings and articles made or repaired by them for the value of their labor done thereon, or material furnished therefor; and the Legislature shall provide by law for the speedy and efficient enforcement of said liens.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Wigzell · Mid-America Petroleum, Inc. v. Adkins Supply, Inc. (In Re Mid-America Petroleum, Inc.)

2. ““ * * * [by the Oil Industry Lien Act] materialmen, artisans, laborers, and mechanics, for certain services, are authorized to fix liens against certain properties for specified services. “The purposes of the declaration of cumulative effect was not to make other statutory provisions applicable to those covered by the Act itself, but to show that the things for which liens were given by the Act were not intended to nullify other lien statutes in favor of mechanics, laborers, clerks, and others performing services in the oil industry, and materialmen who might furnish material in the oil or mining industry not covered by a special Act [the Oil Industry Lien Act], “ * * * “To say that the existing laws then on the statute books, which are the very laws referred to by the Court of Civil Appeals as being applicable, in addition to the special Act [Oil Industry Lien Act] before us, did apply to the subject-matter of [the Oil Industry Lien Act], would be in the face of the legislative declaration that there was no such law then on the statute books. 1 The fact is that at the time of the enactment of the special Act here involved * * * the oil industry had assumed large proportions in Texas. 2 It was then apparent that it might become, as it has since become, one of the major industries of the State; and it was doubtless the opinion of the Legislature that the interests of those in the business, whether as laborers, mechanics, materialmen, or operators and owners, made it necessary ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Butt v. Vermejo Park Corp.

3. “are incipient or inchoate until completed or perfected by compliance with the statute, and are lost utterly if those acts required for their completion be not done in the manner and within the time required by statute”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Waterpoint International Llc v. Llc