Rupert v. McCurdy’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 336th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board · BMC Software Belgium, NV v. Marchand · Mayhew v. Town of Sunnyvale · Jones v. Fowler · Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services v. Sherry
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a person, other than a foster parent, who has had actual care, control, and possession of the child for at least six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the date of the filing of the petition”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re MPB
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.