MacIas v. Moreno’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 205th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Texas Department of Human Services v. E.B. · Boyles v. Kerr · Mobil Chemical Company v. Bell · Elbaor v. Smith · Peeler v. Hughes & Luce
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if a party can show a complete cause of action without [having] to prove their own illegal act, although the illegal act may appear incidentally ..., they may recover”
2 later decisions 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.