Harris County v. Emmite’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1999
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of San Antonio v. French · City of Houston v. Finn · Sluder v. City of San Antonio · City of Houston v. Howe & Wise
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is the settled law in this State, as established by the decisions of this Court, that where a municipality knowingly receives property or services on an agreement which it had power to enter into as a contract, but which was not legally entered into so as to make it binding as a contract, it will be compelled to pay the reasonable value of the property or services so received, as on an implied contract.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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