Pham v. Letney’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 215th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps · Willis v. Maverick · In Re Firstmerit Bank, N.A. · Crim Truck & Tractor Co. v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e believe that such policy arguments are better directed to the legislature. Indeed, the legislature has already considered limitations on arbitration agreements in certain contexts, as demonstrated by section 171.002 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and has yet to see fit to include attorney-client contracts among those requiring restrictions.”
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.