Phillips v. Dafonte’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 state decisions

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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(f) If a suit is filed against an employee of a governmental unit based on conduct within the general scope of that employee’s employment and if it could have been brought under this chapter against the governmental unit, the suit is considered to be against the employee in the employee’s official capacity only. On the employee’s motion, the suit against the employee shall be dismissed unless the plaintiff files amended pleadings dismissing the employee and naming the governmental unit as defendant on or before the 30th day after the date the motion is filed.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Escalante v. Rowan · Hall v. Provost

2. “strictly construe statutes allegedly authorizing interlocutory appeals, and we may not expand our jurisdiction beyond that conferred by the legislature . . . the legislature did not intend to limit the application of section 51.014(a)(5) to a specific procedural vehicle; rather, the legislature was most interested in the substance or topic of the motion -i.e., that it declare the employee's immunity because of his employment by the State and that it attack the court's jurisdiction to hear the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Escalante v. Rowan

3. “a motion for summary judgment that is based on an assertion of immunity by an . . . employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Escalante v. Rowan