West v. Proctor’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 237th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on City of Keller v. Wilson · Cain v. Bain · Willis v. Maverick · Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc. · Slay v. Burnett Trust
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The establishment of a fiduciary relationship is significant because the Texas Supreme Court has held that a fiduciary’s misconduct may be inherently un-discoverable. See Willis v. Maverick, 760 S.W.2d 642, 645 (Tex.1988); Slay v. Burnett Trust, 143 Tex. 621 , 187 S.W.2d 377, 394 (1945).... When the fact of a fiduciary’s misconduct becomes apparent, the person owed the fiduciary duty is no longer relieved of the duty to exercise reasonable care and diligence to discover the existence of a cause of action. See id.; Willis, 760 S.W.2d at 646 .”
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.