Norcross v. Conoco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 2016
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 49th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co. · Hidalgo v. Surety Savings and Loan Association · Wilcox v. St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Inc. · Strackbein v. Prewitt
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]efore me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared JOHN W. NORCROSS ... and after having been duly sworn, did state.... that said allegations are true and correct,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Before me, Edith Ricketson, a Notary Public, in and for the State and County aforesaid, on this day personally appeared Sidney Sampson known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Defects in the form of affidavits or attachments will not be grounds for reversal unless specifically pointed out by objection by an opposing party with opportunity, but refusal, to amend.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bell v. Moores
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.