Woolley v. Burger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The judgment of the county court finally disposing of the cause shall be conclusive of the litigation, and no further appeal shall be allowed, except where the judgment shall be for damages in an amount exceeding one hundred dollars.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cavazos v. Simpson · A.V.A. Services, Inc. v. Parts Industries Corp.

2. “The event in article 3992, upon which finality is predicated, is a “judgment of the county court finally disposing of the cause .... ” The statute does not limit finality to judgments entered after trial on the merits. It is also significant that the statute article 3992 replaced, Tex.Civ. Stat. art. 3962 (1914), contained an introductory sentence that was concerned with entry of a judgment after trial on the merits. The elimination of that language from the present statute indicates a legislative intent to make all judgments of the county court final, except on the damage issue, regardless of the basis for the judgment. This view furthers the goal of forcible entry and detainer suits, which is the rapid and final resolution of the right to possession of real property. 602 S.W.2d at 117 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Campuzano v. Melendez