Thomas v. Whaley’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crawford v. McDonald · Brannon v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co. · Brannon v. Pacific Employers Insurance · Bearden v. Texas Co. · Hannon v. Henson
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.
“Jurisdiction, as the duty and power of the court to act, however, does not depend on the petition that states the cause of action. The duty and power to act is that conferred upon the court by the Texas Constitution and the statutory enactments thereunder. The gravamen of jurisdiction lies not in the pleading but in the existence of the facts necessary for the court to exercise its jurisdiction.”
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.