Jones v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1983
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schumann v. Dally
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where rules and regulations are made by the church functionaries or by long and established custom and usage, they will be enforced by civil courts if not in conflict with some civil law bearing upon the subject of such rules and regulations. Schumann v. Dally, Tex.Civ.App., 29 S.W.2d 422 ; Alexander v. Bowers, Tex.Civ.App., 79 S.W. 342 .””
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.