Tran v. MacHa’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston))
Relationships
Relies on Ricks v. Grubbs · Wright v. Vernon Compress Company · Rhodes v. Cahill · McDonnold v. Weinacht · Trotti v. K-MART CORPORATION NO. 7441
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“possession must be of such character as to indicate unmistakably an assertion of a claim of exclusive ownership in the occupant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“mistaken beliefs about ownership do not transfer title until someone acts on them.”
1 later decision 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.