Exito Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Trejo’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably MacK Trucks, Inc. v. Tamez (2006), Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc. v. BLYN II HOLDING, LLC (2010)
49 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District)
Relationships
Relies on Dawson-Austin v. Austin · Angelou v. African Overseas Union · Moore Ex Rel. Moore v. Elektro-Mobil Technik GmbH · Exito Electronics, Co., Ltd. v. Trejo · Industrial State Bank of Houston v. Engineering Service & Equipment, Inc.
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any motion to challenge the jurisdiction provided for herein shall be heard and determined before a motion to transfer venue or any other plea or pleading may be heard. No determination of any issue of fact in connection with the objection to jurisdiction is a determination of the merits of the case or any aspect thereof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] party enters a general appearance when it (1) invokes the judgment of the court on any question other than the court’s jurisdiction, (2) recognizes by its acts that an action is properly pending, or (3) seeks affirmative action from the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he affidavits, if any, shall be served at least seven days before the hearing_”
2 later decisions 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.