Van Allen v. Blackledge’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 122nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Brown v. United States · Scurlock Oil Co. v. Smithwick · Patterson Dental Co. v. Dunn
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“become a virtual rule of automatic reversal.” Id. This court, however, follows the general rule finding harm only if there is an actual showing that the trial is “hotly contested” and the evidence is”
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.