Roman v. Roman’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 310th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Coker v. Coker · Spencer Gifts, Inc. v. Olitsky · Wetherell v. De Grandy · Kass v. Kass · Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBank
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the public policy of [Texas] would permit a husband and wife to enter voluntarily into an agreement, before implantation, that would provide for a[ ] [pre-]embryo's disposition in the event of a contingency, such as divorce, death, or changed circumstances”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the purpose 43 1-12-2975 & 1-14-1539 (cons.) of the cryopreservation form was to determine the parties' desires for the disposition of their embryos upon certain events such as divorce or death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'Informed Consent for Cryopreservation of Embryos' " wherein they "chose to discard the embryos in case of divorce.”
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.