Ruiz v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently May 1997
4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Garrett Freightlines, Inc. v. United States · Duncan v. Koustenis · Kimbrough v. Barnett · Aldine Independent School District v. Standley · State Board of Insurance v. Betts
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.
“Appellant Ruiz’ contention that the trial court erred in holding him ineligible to receive compensation as a Justice of the Peace under Art. 16 § 40 is correct. In Tilley v. Rogers, 405 S.W.2d 220 (Tex.Civ. App.—Beaumont 1966, writ refd n.r.e.), the court held that a teacher is an employee and not an officer within the meaning of Art. 16 § 40 of the Constitution. Not only is Ruiz an employee and not an “officer,” but Art. 16 § 40 specifically excepts Justices of the Peace from the dual emolument prohibition of the article. Therefore, under the holding in the Tilley case and under the clear language of Art. 16 § 40 of the Texas Constitution, a Justice of the Peace is excepted from the prohibitions of the article. The judgment of the trial court is therefore in error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“TEX. CONST, art. II, § 1, provides: The powers of the Government of the State of Texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: Those which are Legislative to one; those which are Executive to another, and those which are Judicial to another; and no person, or collection of persons, being of one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly attached to either of the others, except in the instances herein expressly permitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“State’s employees or other individuals who receive all or part of their compensation either directly or indirectly from funds of the State of Texas and who are not State officers, shall not be barred from serving as members of the governing bodies of school districts, ... provided, however, that such State employees or other individuals shall receive no salary for serving as members of governing bodies....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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