Epstein v. Hutchison’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Probate Court)
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Fourth Court of Appeals · Archer v. Griffith · Byrd v. Woodruff · Estate of Devitt · STATE BY AND THRU TDMHMR v. Ellison
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A guardian is entitled to be reimbursed from the guardianship estate for all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in performing any duty as a guardian, including reimbursement for the payment of reasonable attorney’s fees necessarily incurred by the guardian in connection with the management of the estate or any other guardianship matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.