Harris v. Archer’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] void contract cannot be ratified; a voidable contract can be ratified”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“). Generally, a contract may be either void and a nullity from its inception, or voidable. Harris v. Archer , 134 S.W.3d 411 , 427 (Tex. App.-Amarillo 2004, pet. denied) ; see also RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS § 7 (1981) (”
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.