Wilson v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant who makes an appearance following service of process is entitled to notice of the trial setting as a matter of constitutional due process. Peralta v. Heights Med. Ctr., Inc., 485 U.S. 80, 86 , 108 S.Ct. 896, 899-900 , 99 L.Ed.2d 75 , (1988); LBL Oil Co. v. Int'l Power Serv., Inc., 777 S.W.2d 390, 390-91 (Tex.1989). The same is not true if the defendant fails to answer or otherwise appear. The law imposes no duty on the plaintiff to notify a defendant before taking a default judgment when he has been served properly with the citation and petition, and nonetheless has failed to answer or otherwise appear. See Brooks v. Assoc. Fin. Servs. Corp., 892 S.W.2d 91, 94 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1994, no writ).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. in the Matter of J.A.G., Jr. · In Re Jag, Jr.

2. “If a court of appeals finds reversible error that materially affects the trial court's 'just and right' division of property, then it must remand the entire community estate for a new division of the property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cohen v. Rami Bar

3. “Given the dearth of evidence identifying, describing, and valuing the community estate, we hold that there is insufficient evidence to support the division of assets.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fuentes v. Zaragoza