Brown v. Fullenweider’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently May 2023
7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 133rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on S.V. v. R.V. · Green International, Inc. v. Solis · Texas Department of Transportation v. Needham · Holland v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Price v. Estate of Anderson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The distinction must clearly be understood between jurisdiction, which is the power to adjudicate, and venue, which relates to the place where judicial authority may be exercised and is intended for the convenience of the litigants. It is possible for jurisdiction to exist though venue in a particular district is improper, and it is possible for a suit to be brought in the appropriate venue though it must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) prevail on a cause of action for which attorney's fees are recoverable, and (2) recover damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“intentional disregard of proper jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.