Espinosa v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 226th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Roberts v. Louisiana · Milton v. Texas · Industrial Foundation of the South v. Texas Industrial Accident Board · Bodde v. State
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.
“"Ordinarily, a writ of mandamus must be the last resort and will be refused if there is another remedy which is effective and complete. Gonzales v. Stevens, 427 S.W.2d 694, 702 (Tex.Civ.App.Corpus Christi 1968, writ ref'd n.r.e.). The other remedy must be as convenient, beneficial and effective as the remedy of mandamus. Simpson v. Williams Rural High School District, 153 S.W.2d 852, 856 (Tex.Civ.App.Amarillo 1941, writ ref'd). An appellate court will not reverse a refusal of a trial court to grant a writ of mandamus unless it is made to appear that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the writ. Alice National Bank v. Edward, 408 S.W.2d 307, 311 (Tex.Civ.App.Corpus Christi 1966, no writ)...." (Except for cases cited, emphasis ours)”
1 later decision 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.