Garner v. Garner’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
31 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 301st Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Gillespie v. Gillespie · Kirkpatrick v. Memorial Hospital of Garland · Niskar v. Niskar · In the Interest of Striegler
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As the fact finder, the trial court had the discretion to disbelieve appellant's testimony and was not required to accept appellant's evidence of his income and net resources as true.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Cervantes · In Re NT“even considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the [petitioners], the evidence does not [establish standing]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Cervantes“without reference to any guiding rules or principles.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re JGL
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.