Ex parte Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
May 2017
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Preston · Ex Parte Yates · Ex Parte Sutherland · Ex Parte Sutherland · Ex Parte Jackson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We hold that relator may not be held in contempt for failing to make money payments to the wife, as ordered in the original decree because the effect of the order was to create a debt. To hold him in contempt and order him to jail for nonpayment of a debt is in violation of the Texas Constitution; Vernon’s Ann.St. Const. art. 1, § 18. Ex parte Yates, 387 S.W.2d 377 (Tex.1965); Ex parte Neff, 542 S.W.2d 268 (Tex.Civ.App. — Ft. Worth 1976, no writ); Ex parte Jackson, 590 S.W.2d 775 (Tex.Civ.App. — El Paso 1979, no writ).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex parte Powell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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