French v. Gill’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 district · 5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 402nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1392
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Freeport-McMoRan Inc. v. K N Energy, Inc. · Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips · Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. v. Steel
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Absent some evidence of accident or mistake, filing suit with a pleading that on its face establishes the court's lack of jurisdiction does not invoke Section 16.064's tolling provision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]ll persons are presumed to know the law and are charged with knowledge of statutory provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“intentional disregard of proper jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.