Jenkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently September 1999 · most notably University of Texas Medical Branch v. York (1994), Burrell v. Newsome (1989)
11 federal appellate · 14 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 Lowe v. Texas Tech University · Texas Department of Corrections v. Herring · Overton Memorial Hospital v. McGuire · Beggs v. Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation · Mokry v. University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not shield governmental entities from liability for injuries arising out of their failure to provide, or method for providing, services which are only incidental to, and not integral parts of, the prevention of crime and the apprehension, punishment and rehabilitation of criminals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“All cases arising under the provisions of this Act shall be instituted in the county in which the cause of action or a part thereof arises. TEX.REV.CIV.STAT. ANN. art. 6252-19, § 5 (Vernon 1970)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown v. Owens“The statute of limitations was tolled during the period of the appellant's imprisonment and did not begin to run until after his release . . . Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5535 (Supp.1978).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Smith
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.