In Re Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 district · 9 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Probate Court)
Relationships
Relies on BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · Walker v. Packer · Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel · In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America · Burk Royalty Co. v. Walls
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) which when viewed objectively from the standpoint of the actor at the time of its occurrence involves an extreme degree of risk, considering the probability and magnitude of the potential harm to others; and (B) of which the actor has actual, subjective awareness of the risk involved, but nevertheless proceeds with conscious indifference to the rights, safety, or welfare of others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. NOWZARADAN v. Ryans“a defendant could no longer be exposed to punitive damages because of another person's criminal act”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.