Chapman v. Moser’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.2d 425 · 1976
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on United States v. Robinson · The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Estate of Hauptfuhrer v. Commissioner · State of Oklahoma v. State of Texas · Monarch Insurance v. Spach
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.
“Under Texas law, the plaintiff in a trespass to try title suit has the burden of proving good title in himself to the disputed land. He cannot prevail merely on the weakness of the defendant's title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dillon v. Hodges
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.