Onstad v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 5th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · North East Independent School District v. Aldridge · Beaumont Bank, N.A. v. Buller · Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. McCardell · In Re Bennett
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A sanction for failure to obey a court order must always be appropriate to the circumstances of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re KAR
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.