MacHala v. Weems’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 281st Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Pool v. Ford Motor Co. · Dow Chemical Co. v. Francis · Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co. · Strackbein v. Prewitt · Drye v. Eagle Rock Ranch, Inc.
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) the acts of the landowner induced the belief that the landowner intended to dedicate the road to public use; (2) [the landowner] was competent to do so; (3) the public relied on these acts and will be served by the dedication; and (4) there was an offer and acceptance of the dedication.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Betts v. Reed · Reed v. Wright
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.