Malone v. Hampton’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 219th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. Oldham · State Ex Rel. Latty v. Owens · Lane Bank Equipment Co. v. Smith Southern Equipment, Inc. · Scott & White Memorial Hospital v. Schexnider · First Alief Bank v. White
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Judicial action taken after the expiration of the court's jurisdiction is a nullity, and any orders signed outside the court's plenary jurisdiction are void.”). Because it is not necessary to the disposition of this appeal, we express no opinion as to whether the trial court could declare Florance a vexatious litigant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Florance v. State
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.