Nale v. Carroll’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
December 1965
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stephens County v. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co. · Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. · Sheffield v. Hogg · Elliff v. Texon Drilling. Co. · Marrs v. Railroad Commission
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is well established that there can be no compulsory unitization in Texas, and to yield to the claims of appellants in this case would practically effect unitization.””
2 later decisions 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.