In Re Wolfe’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston))
Relationships
Relies on In Re Jorden · State Ex Rel. Dishman v. Gary · Garcia v. Laughlin · Office Employees International Union Local 277 v. Southwestern Drug 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“pre-suit discovery 'is not an end within itself'; rather, it 'is in aid of a suit which is anticipated' and 'ancillary to the anticipated suit.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“same as if the anticipated suit or potential claims had been filed”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strictly limit and carefully supervise pre-suit discovery to prevent abuse of the rule”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hughes v. Giammanco
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.