Manuel v. Spector’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 45th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Trimble v. Gordon · Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity Hospital · Glona v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance · Jampole v. Touchy
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The Revised Statutes are the law of this state and shall be liberally construed to achieve their purpose and to promote justice. (b) The common law rule requiring strict construction of statutes in derogation of the common law does not apply to the Revised Statutes.”
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.