Abbott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco))
Relationships
Relies on Speth v. State · State v. Sellers · Collins v. State · Ex Parte Harris · Staley v. State
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Said Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction co-extensive with the limits of their respective districts, which shall extend to all cases of which the District Courts or County Courts have original or appellate jurisdiction, under such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law.... Said courts shall have such other jurisdiction, origi nal and appellate, as may be prescribed by law. 5”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whitfield v. State“should have dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Abbott v. State
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.