Smith v. Erhard’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Zale Corporation v. Rosenbaum · Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc. · Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Krum v. Ferguson · Adler v. Beverly Hills Hospital
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under a legal disability if the person is: * * * * * * (2) of unsound mind. ******”
2 later decisions 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.