Lefton v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 225th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Cain v. Bain · Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Engineers and Contractors, Inc. · Plas-Tex, Inc. v. U.S. Steel Corp. · Croucher v. Croucher · Holt Atherton Industries, Inc. v. Heine
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Id. at 277 . The court held that the evidence of loss from the sale of the home and inventory were legally insufficient to support an award of damages. Id. In the instant case, Appellant testified, without supporting evidence or factual basis, that her trailer and storage building were”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williamson v. Howard“no way of knowing what she based her conclusion on”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williamson v. Howard
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.