Harbison v. McMurray’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2008 · most notably Bernal v. Fainter (1984), Ex Parte Rieck (2004)
48 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.
Relationships
Relies on Tom Tong · Cross v. Burke · State ex rel. Durner v. Huegin · People Ex Rel. Carr v. Murray · Hudgens v. Yancey
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n appeal ... may be taken to the Court of Civil Appeals from every final judgment of the district court in civil cases....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re S.G. · Matter of Sg““It is the rule in our federal courts, and in those States which do not divide the jurisdiction of their appellate courts as to civil and criminal cases, that a habeas corpus proceeding is a civil remedy, as distinguished from a criminal remedy or proceeding, and that regardless of whether the prisoner is detained under civil or criminal process. * * * Since habeas corpus cases or proceedings are regarded as civil, as distinguished from criminal remedies or proceedings, in those jurisdictions which do not divide the jurisdiction of their appellate courts, as regard criminal and civil cases, we think that in this State, where such division is made, appeals in habeas corpus cases or proceedings growing out of civil proceedings or cases should be classified as ‘civil cases’ within the meaning of Section 6 of Article V of our State Constitution and Article 2249 of our civil statutes.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mendoza v. Baker“[The] Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction co-extensive with the limits of their respective districts, which shall extend to all cases of which the District Courts or County Courts have original or appellate jurisdiction, under such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law.”
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.