Lawrence v. CDB Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 60 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo))
Relationships
Relies on Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co. · DeSantis v. Wackenhut Corp. · Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia · Sabine Pilot Service, Inc. v. Hauck · Farley v. MM Cattle Company
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Public policy, some courts have said, is a term of vague and uncertain meaning, which it pertains to the law-making power to define, and courts are apt to encroach upon the domain of that branch of the government if they characterize a transaction as invalid because it is contrary to public policy, unless the transaction contravenes some positive statute or some well-established rule of law.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e have long recognized a strong public policy in favor of preserving the freedom of contract.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[F]rom its inception, participation in the Act has been voluntary.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Garcia · VASQUEZ v. DILLARD'S, INC.
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.