Prince v. Garrison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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.

1. ““Upon such hearing, in the event of an affirmative finding by the court, the officer who presides at such hearing shall report the same to the Department which shall have authority to suspend said license for a period not greater than one (1) year, provided, however, that in the event of such affirmative finding the licensee may appeal to the county court of the county wherein the hearing was held, said appeal to be tried de novo.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Department of Public Safety v. Cox · Forbes v. Texas Department of Public Safety

2. ““Although the statute in question is confusing and refers to courts and proceedings therein prior to a cancellation of appellant’s driver’s license, we believe that the statute intends to refer to the mayor, justice of the peace, ‘police’ judge and the county judge as administrative, not judicial, officers in the preliminary hearings to determine a question of fact, for instance, whether or not appellant is an habitually reckless driver, and that until and unless appellant’s license is revoked by the Department of Public Safety and appellant institutes a judicial proceeding in the County Court, as a court in conformity with art. 6687b, Sec. 31, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, there is no case in a court and that prior thereto, there is merely a special statutory proceeding before officers acting in an administrative, not judicial capacity. See City of Big Spring v. Garlington, County Judge, Tex.Civ.App., 88 S.W.2d 1095, 1097 ; Hardy v. City of Throckmorton, Tex.Civ.App., 62 S.W.2d 1104, 1105 ; 28 Tex.Jur., 606.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Texas Department of Public Safety

3. “— the prerequisite of departmental order of suspension—which in turn forms the basis of the contemplated judicial review. The Dallas Corporation Court on the other hand is itself a judicial body, with jurisdiction in all criminal cases arising under the ordinances of the particular municipality; Art. 1195, V.A.C.S. And while in section 22(a) the mayor, police judge, and justice of peace are later referred to as a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Department of Public Safety v. Cox