Good v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 7th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Engineers and Contractors, Inc. · Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp. · Croucher v. Croucher · Bocquet v. Herring
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The foundation for the business records exception has four requirements: (1) the records were made and kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity, (2) it was the regular practice of the business activity to make the records, (3) the records were made at or near the time of the event that they record, and (4) the records were made by a person with knowledge who was acting in the regular course of business.”
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.