Rush v. Barrios’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
35 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 80th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Cincinnati Life Insurance Co. v. Cates · A.H. Robins Co. v. Maressa
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘No evidence’ exists, and a judgment notwithstanding the verdict should be entered, when the record discloses one of the following: (1) a complete absence of a vital fact; (2) the court is barred by rules of law or evidence from giving weight to the only evidence offered to prove a vital fact; (3) the evidence offered to prove a vital fact is no more than a scintilla of evidence; or (4) the evidence establishes conclusively the opposite of a vital fact.”
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.