Box v. Bates’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
174 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions — most recently August 1997 · most notably Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Penn (1962), Torres v. Western Casualty and Surety Company (1970)
174 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 Sparkman v. McWhirter · Statham v. City of Tyler · McFarland v. Connally · Reese v. Davitte · Fonville v. Southern Materials Co.
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 174 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Secondly, appellant’s affidavit in support of its motion for summary judgment is fatally defective in that it does not allege that it was made on the personal knowledge of the affiant, nor does it show affirmatively that the affiant is competent to testify as to the matters stated in the affidavit, both of which showings are required by Rule 166-A, § (e). Quarles v. State Bar of Texas, Tex.Civ.App., 316 S.W.2d 797 ; Anderson v. Hake, Tex.Civ.App., 300 S.W.2d 663 ; Edwards v. Williams, Tex.Civ.App., 291 S.W.2d 783 ; Richards v. Smith, Tex. Civ.App., 239 S.W.2d 724 . And thirdly appellant’s motion is based on a conclusion of law. Munoz v. Heights Savings & Loan Assn., Tex.Civ.App., 319 S.W.2d 945 ; Farmers State Bank v. First State Bank of Liberty, Tex.Civ.App., 317 S.W.2d 768 ; Quarles v. State Bar of Texas, Tex.Civ.App., 316 S.W.2d 797 .’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Murfee v. Oquin“[W]here there is no indication that evidence was introduced before and considered by the trial court which is not brought forward in the record, no presumptions are to be applied in favor of a summary judgment on the basis of the absence of a Statement of Facts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Supporting and opposing affidavits shall be made on personal knowledge, shall set forth such facts as would be admissible in evidence... .”
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.