Molinet v. Kimbrell’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
132 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Rockwall v. Hughes · Fitzgerald v. Advanced Spine Fixation Systems, Inc. · City of San Antonio v. City of Boerne · Texas Lottery Commission v. First State Bank of DeQueen · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital v. Agbor
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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plain meaning of the text is the best expression of legislative intent unless a different meaning is apparent from the context or the plain meaning leads to absurd or nonsensical results.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clear and unambiguous statutes according to the language actually enacted and published as law”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Legislature expresses its intent by the words it enacts and declares to be the law,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.