In Re Mayol’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 246th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Direct Color Services, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co. · Appeal of Evetts · In Re Erickson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court shall order a change of name under this subchapter for a person other than a person with a final felony conviction or a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the change is in the interest or to the benefit of the petitioner and in the interest of the public.”
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.