Baker v. Goldsmith’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 195 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 197 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably King Ranch, Inc. v. Chapman (2003), Travelers Insurance Co. v. Joachim (2010)
1 federal appellate · 195 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 Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc. · Alexander v. Hagedorn · McEwen v. Harrison · Olivera v. Grace · Ivy v. Carrell
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 197 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Prima facie proof may be comprised of documents, answers to interrogatories, admissions, and affidavits on file along with such other evidence that the trial court may receive in its discretion. The bill of review defendant may respond with like proof showing that the defense is barred as a matter of law, but factual questions arising out of factual disputes are resolved in favor of the complainant for the purposes of this pretrial, legal determination. If the court determines that a prima facie meritorious defense has not been made out, the proceeding terminates and the trial court shall dismiss the case.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) [A] meritorious defense to the cause of action alleged to support the judgment, (2) which he was prevented from making by the fraud, accident or wrongful act of the opposite party, (3) unmixed with any fault or negligence of his own.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McDaniel v. Hale · Law v. Law“A bill of review is an independent equitable action brought by a party to a former action seeking to set aside a judgment, which is no longer appealable or subject to motion for new trial.” Baker v. Goldsmith, 582 S.W.2d 404 , 406 (Tex. 1979). A bill of review proceeding is”
2 later decisions 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.