Katz v. Maddox’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1978
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lorino v. Crawford Packing Co. · Texan Development Co. v. Hodges · Lee v. Grupe · Clifton v. Puente · Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas v. Harrison
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Despite plaintiff’s failure to prove title from the sovereign or common source, he (plaintiff) may recover by virtue of prior possession since there is no proof of title in the defendants.” (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Katz v. Rodriguez
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.