Steele v. Barbian’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 1995
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hidalgo v. Surety Savings and Loan Association · House v. Houston Waterworks Company · City of Port Arthur v. Wallace · City of Houston v. Bush · Dancer v. City of Houston
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.
“A judgment in an action ... under this chapter bars any action involving the same subject matter by the claimant against the employee of the governmental unit whose act or omission gave rise to the claim.”
3 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.