Rusk v. Rusk’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “no authority”); Rusk v. Rusk, 5 S.W.3d 299, 307 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, pet. denied) ("The trial court has no inherent or other authority to divide separate property, only non-separate or marital property.”); Butler v. Butler, 975 S.W.2d 765, 767 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1998, no pet.) ("does not have the power”); Bloomer v. Bloomer, 927 S.W.2d 118, 121 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1996, writ denied) ("did not have the power”); Powell v. Powell, 822 S.W.2d 181, 184 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1991, writ denied) ("no power”); Roach v. Roach, 672 S.W.2d 524, 529, 531 (Tex.App.—Amarillo 1984, no writ) ("power and authority”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reiss v. Reiss

2. “Community property consists of the property, other than separate property, acquired by either spouse during marriage. In Texas, property possessed by either spouse during the marriage is presumed to be community property absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trustmark Nat'l Bank v. Tegeler (In re Tegeler)

3. “All property, both real and personal, of a spouse owned or claimed before marriage, and that acquired afterward by gift, devise or descent, shall be the separate property of that spouse....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maldonado v. Maldonado