Escalona v. Combs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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.

1. “1. Defendant’s business in Texas would put a reasonable person on notice that he was subject to the call of a Texas court; and 2. The quality and quantity of defendant’s business in Texas must have conferred on Texas courts either: a. Specific jurisdiction: (1) Defendant purposefully did some act or completed some transaction in Texas; (2) which gave rise to plaintiff’s cause of action, or was connected with that act or transaction; or b. General jurisdiction: Defendant had continuing and systematic contacts with Texas; and 3. The assumption of jurisdiction by Texas courts must not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. General Electric Co. v. Brown & Ross International Distributors, Inc.