Lile v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 62nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Stoner v. Thompson · Permian Oil Co. v. Smith · Rains v. Wheeler · Hejl v. Wirth · Cunningham v. Parkdale Bank
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract, or franchise may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.”
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.