In Re Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 12th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Johnson v. Fourth Court of Appeals · Brownlee v. Brownlee · Verburgt v. Dorner · Holloway v. Fifth Court of Appeals
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.
“Any contention that Smith’s notice of appeal does not comply with the requirements of the appellate rules is for this Court to determine once that document has been filed by Respondent and forwarded to this Court in the customary manner Respondent and other trial court clerks forward notices of appeal to this Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. in Re J.R.J.
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.