Bell v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 73rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · James v. Brown · Russell v. Clark · Valores Corporativos, S.A. De C v. v. McLane Co. · Putter v. Anderson
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.
“Unlike other [Texas] courts, this court has held, the privilege attaches if the statement has some relationship to a contemplated proceeding, regardless of whether it in fact furthers the representation.'”
1 later decision 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.