Thomas v. Long’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
98 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions — most recently December 2025 · most notably Kerry Heckman, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Williamson County (2012), MBM FINANCIAL v. Woodlands Operating Co. (2009)
98 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston))
Relationships
Relies on Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board · Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda · Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps · East Line & Red River Railroad v. Scott · Dubai Petroleum Co. v. Kazi
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If an administrative body has exclusive jurisdiction, a party must exhaust all administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of the decision. Until the party has satisfied this exhaustion requirement, the trial court lacks subject matter jurisdiction and must dismiss those claims without prejudice to refiling.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As a prerequisite to presenting a complaint for appellate review, the record must show that: ... the trial court ... ruled on the request, objection, or motion, either expressly or implicitly.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“irrespective of the procedural vehicle used”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.