In Re Levay’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 166th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Johnson v. Fourth Court of Appeals · Holloway v. Fifth Court of Appeals · Dancy v. Daggett · Little v. Daggett
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) While a suit for modification is pending, the court may not render a temporary order that has the effect of changing the designation of the person who has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child under the final order unless: (1) the order is necessary because the child’s present circumstances would significantly impair the child’s physical health or emotional development^]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Sanchez
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.