Crain v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently May 2000 · most notably Hidalgo v. Surety Savings and Loan Association (1972), Manges v. Astra Bar, Inc. (1980)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Box v. Bates · Bates v. Smith · Crain v. Davis
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We turn now to the sufficiency of Respondents’ motion for summary judgment and the supporting affidavits attached to such motion. It is self-evident that the affidavits which were filed in support of the motion for summary judgment do not meet the requirement of Rule 166-A, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, that the affidavits shall set forth such facts as would be admissible in evidence. The statements contained in the affidavits are but mere conclusions of the affiants and, therefore, would not be admissible. The facts stated in an affidavit given in support of a motion for summary judgment must be so worded that if the testimony were given from the witness stand during the trial it would be admissible. Statements contained in affidavits offered to support a motion for summary judgment that are but mere conclusions are insufficient to warrant the entry of such a judgment. ‘In ruling on a motion for summary judgment only admissible testimony having probative force is to be considered.’ See Box v. Bates, Sup.Ct. (1961), 162 Tex. 184 , 346 S.W.2d 317 ; McDonald, Texas Civil Practice § 17.26.2; Bates v. Smith, 155 Tex. 443 , 289 S.W.2d 215 (1956).””
3 later decisions 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.