Huey v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently October 1995
3 federal appellate · 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 City of San Antonio v. McKenzie Construction Co. · Curlee v. Walker · 34 Cal. 2d 442 - Hannula v. Hacienda Homes, Inc. · Hooper v. Lottman · Oatman v. Boone
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““1. Designation of Use All lots shall be used for single family residential purposes, with not more than one residence on any lot. No lot shall be used for a trade or profession; nor shall anything be done on any lot which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood. The Developers, however, may erect a temporary sales office on any lot selected by them, in accordance with the zoning regulations of the City of Austin. 2. Retention of Easements Easements are reserved as indicated on the recorded plat. 3. Temporary Structure and Garage Apartments No apartment house, house trailer, tent, shack, garage apartment or other outbuilding shall be placed, erected, or permitted to remain on any lot or plot, nor shall any structure of temporary character be used at any time as a residence thereon. 4. Separate Garages, Guest Houses, Etc. A separate garage building, servants’ quarters of one story, or a one story quest house not to exceed 600 square feet of floor area will be permitted, provided that such structure or structures must be attached to the main residence by a common wall or by a covered passage-way, provided that the main dwelling be substantially completed prior to said erection and provided further that all other restrictions, covenants, conditions and uses herein are complied with. 5. Minimum Plat Size No structure shall be erected or placed on any plot which plot has an average width of less than 70 feet. No resubdivision of existing lots shall be mad”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Davis v. Huey · Davis v. Huey“without showing that the person so empowered was arbitrary”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]t is an established principle of law in Texas”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.