Simon v. Levario’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that what he seeks to compel is a ministerial act, not involving a discretionary or judicial decision”). 9 . Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147, 148 (Tex.Crim.App.2004); Ex parte Deeringer, 210 S.W.3d 616, 617-18 (Tex.Crim.App.2006). 10 . See Simon v. Levario, 306 S.W.3d 318, 321 (Tex.Crim.App.2009) ("[I]t is improper [for a superior court] to order a trial court to exercise its judicial function in a particular way unless the relator has a ‘clear right to the relief sought,’ i.e., the law he invokes is definite, unambiguous, and unquestionably applies to the indisputable facts of the case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Watkins · In Re Brown

2. “Under some circumstances, we have observed, even a trial court with general jurisdiction may lack authority to take a certain action!.]”); State v. Moore, 225 S.W.3d 556 , 568 n. 47 (Tex.Crim.App.2007) (quoting Stine). 29 . See State v. Dunbar, 297 S.W.3d 777, 780 (Tex.Crim.App.2009) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Holloway