Craig v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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.

1. “‘An intent to abandon is not a part of the test for a trial court to apply in passing upon a motion to dismiss for lack of pros ecution. The sole test is whether the case was prosecuted with due diligence, [citations omitted] A party who files a petition must prosecute his claim to judgment with reasonable diligence. If he fails to do this, the court has the inherent power to dismiss his claim for want of diligence in its prosecution. The matter rests in the sound discretion of the trial court, [citations omitted]’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gaebler v. Harris

2. ““Before a court is authorized to dismiss the cause for want of prosecution, the trial judge must reach the conclusion that plaintiff has intentionally abandoned the prosecution thereof, or that the facts are such that the law will imply an intent to abandon the prosecution. Loftus v. Beckmann et al. (Tex.Com.App.), 1 S.W.2d 268, 270 ; Johnson v. Campbell et al. (Tex.Civ.App.), 154 S.W.2d 878 .” ( 433 S.W.2d at p. 716 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Liberty County Water Control & Improvement District No. Six