Nelson v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 311th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · Gibbs v. General Motors Corporation · Montgomery v. Kennedy · Alexander v. Hagedorn · Randall's Food Markets, Inc. v. Johnson
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a meritorious claim or defense with regard to the underlying cause of action; (2) which the bill-of-review plaintiff was prevented from making by the fraud, accident or wrongful act of the opposing party or official mistake; (3) unmixed with any fault or negligence on the part of the bill-of-review plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ramsey v. State
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.