State v. Spears’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The jury was not authorized to-fix a value on the property in question, after the taking, at a less sum than that given by any witness. Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co. v. Lynch, Tex.Civ.App., 185 S.W. 362 ; Roberts v. State, Tex.Civ.App., 350 S.W.2d 388 . “The award found by the jury was excessive by the sum of $645.00””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rector v. De Arana