Knowles v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 61st Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · McConnell v. Southside Independent School District · T.O. Stanley Boot Co. v. Bank of El Paso · Cathey v. Booth · Schlumberger Technology Corp. v. Swanson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) receipt or right to receive a share of profits of the business; (2) expression of an intent to be partners in the business; (3) participation or right to participate in control of the business; (4) agreement to share or sharing: (A) losses of the business; or (B) liability for claims by third parties against the business; and (5) agreement to contribute or contributing money or property to the business.”
1 later decision 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.