In Re Henry’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas))
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Helms · Ex Parte Barnett · Ex Parte Preston · Ex Parte Gorena · Ex Parte Chambers
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] person may be confined under a court's contempt powers for failure to pay child support.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(n]o person shall ever be imprisoned for debt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shumate v. Shumate
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.