Texaco, Inc. v. Runyon’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lucas v. Biller · James v. Powell · Moore v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · Woodhouse v. Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Venue and jurisdiction, though sometimes confounded, are, accurately speaking, separate and distinct matters. Jurisdiction is authority to hear and determine a cause, or it may be defined to be the right to adjudicate concerning the subject matter in the given case. . . . Venue is merely the place of trial. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Porter v. Com.
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.