Knox v. Long’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““During the period [that Knox and his wife were located in Longview in the East Texas field] the two actively engaged in the oil business, namely, the purchase and sale of minerals and mineral leasehold estates along with the development of leasehold estates into oil-producing properties. At the time of his [W. C. Knox’s] death the record title of various mineral and leasehold estates together with other realty acquired subsequent to 1930 stood in the name of Mrs. Knox, his surviving wife, or in the names of her children by a former marriage *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Knox v. Long

2. ““It is to be • implied from the trial court’s decree that the attorneys were not disqualified, that the court found from the evidence that there were no conflicts between their prior position when they represented W. C. Knox and his wife in behalf of the community and their present position wherein they represent the daughter of W. C. Knox, individually in her claim to one-half of the community estate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cochran v. Cochran

3. “* * * provided that where the witness is a party to the suit with an attorney of record, service of the subpoena in such case may be made upon the attorney representing the witness, and if the witness fails to appear in answer to the subpoena, except for good cause shown, such party shall not be permitted to present his grounds for relief or his defenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Knox v. Long