Compugraphic Corp. v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 134th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on McEwen v. Harrison · McKanna v. Edgar · Commonwealth v. Davis · 27 Ill. 2d 609 - Elfman v. Evanston Bus Co. · Landers v. East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the cause of action is unliquidated or be not proved by an instrument in writing, the court shall hear evidence as to damages and shall render judgment therefor, unless the defendant shall demand and be entitled to a trial by jury in which case the judgment by default shall be noted, a writ of inquiry awarded, and the cause entered on the jury docket.”
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.