Long v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 336th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Crowson v. Wakeham · Youngs v. Choice · Langford v. Carr · Christensen v. Harkins · Kelley v. Harsch
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The reasoning behind the rule is clear: in the partition process, decisions must be made upon which other decisions will be based. An appeal at each stage provides a practical way to review controlling, intermediate decisions before the consequences of any error do irreparable injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“This is because a partition proceeding is-at least-a two-step process.”
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.