Ex Parte Pappas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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. “Texas Family Code § 11.14(d) requires that a record be made in all suits affecting the parent-child relationship unless waived by the parties with the consent of the court. This provision places a duty on the court to make a record of the proceedings in the same manner as did art. 2324 before its amendment. Although art. 2324 was changed in 1975 to require the making of a record only on request, Texas Family Code, Section 11.-14(d), prescribing that a record be made in parent-child relationship cases, was not so amended.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Wilson

2. “We hold that an order finding a person in contempt but suspending punishment on condition of compliance with the court’s order, provides no authority in itself for arrest and confinement. A subsequent hearing to determine breach of the condition and a subsequent unconditional commitment is necessary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Crocker