Reilly v. Txu Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on Franks v. Nimmo · Kennedy v. Allied Mutual Insurance · Podell v. Citicorp Diners Club, Inc. · Burns v. Board of County Commissioners · Greenway v. International Paper 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cannot be interpreted to allow one to alter what was said under oath. If that were the case, one could merely answer the questions with no thought at all then return home and plan artful responses. Depositions differ from interrogatories in that regard. A deposition is not a take home examination.”
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.