Lopez v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 2026
6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 19th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on City of Keller v. Wilson · Dow Chemical Co. v. Francis · Worford v. Stamper · Roberson v. Robinson · Hilley v. Hilley
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.
“(1) the plaintiff owned or had legal possession of the property or entitlement to possession; (2) the defendant unlawfully and without authorization assumed and exercised dominion and control over the property to the exclusion of, or inconsistent with, the plaintiffs rights as an owner; and (3) the plaintiff suffered injury-”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A gift is a voluntary transfer of property to another made gratuitously and without consideration. Three elements are required to establish the existence of a gift: (1) the donor’s intent to make a gift; (2) delivery of the property; and (3) acceptance of the property. Dona-tive intent must exist at the time of the transfer, not at the time of a subsequent event.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nipp v. Broumley
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.