Cox v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably In the Interest of B.L.D. (2003), Schlipf v. Exxon Corp. (1982)
46 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 Ramsey v. Dunlop · Pirtle v. Gregory · Cooper v. Texas Gulf Industries, Inc. · Buckholts Independent School District v. Glaser · Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc. v. Tyra
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Fundamental error survives today only in those rare instances in which the record shows on its face that the court lacked jurisdiction or that the public interest is directly and adversely affected as that interest is declared in the statutes and constitution of this state. [[Image here]] Under our present rule, “[i]t would be rare indeed if there were a person whose presence was so indispensable in the sense that his absence deprives the court of jurisdiction to adjudicate between the parties already joined.” [citation omitted]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Petroleum Anchor Equip, v. Tyra, 406 S.W.2d 891 (Tex.1966) was decided before amendments to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure changed our approach in dealing with a defect of parties from one which emphasized jurisdiction to an approach based solely upon pragmatic considerations. Cooper v. Texas Gulf Industries, Inc., 513 S.W.2d 200, 203-04 (Texas 1974). Under our present rules, “[i]t would be rare indeed if there were a person whose presence was so indispensable in the sense that his absence deprives the court of jurisdiction to ajudi-cate between the parties already joined.” Id at 868.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Olivares v. Cauthorn“Under our present rule ‘[i]t would be rare indeed if there were a person whose presence was so indispensable in the sense that his absence deprives the court of jurisdiction to adjudicate between the parties already joined.’ Cox v. Johnson, 638 S.W.2d 867, 868 (Tex.1982), quoting Cooper v. Texas Gulf Industries Inc., 513 S.W.2d 200, 203 (Tex.1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tynes v. Mauro
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.