Barnes v. Whittington’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably Beaumont Bank, N.A. v. Buller (1991), Canadian Helicopters Ltd. v. Wittig (1994)
64 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 Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas))
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Bryan · Bredice v. Doctors Hospital, Inc. · 40 Cal. App. 3d 623 - Matchett v. Superior Court · Hood v. Phillips · Peeples v. Honorable Fourth Supreme Judicial District
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The deliberations of a hospital committee are protected from discovery. Texarkana Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Jones, 551 S.W.2d [33] at 35 [ (Tex.1977) ]. Accordingly, we find that the statutory language, ‘records and proceedings’ means those documents generated by the committee in order to conduct open and thorough review. In general, this privilege extends to documents that have been prepared by or at the direction of the committee for committee purposes. Documents which are gratuitously submitted to a committee or which have been created without committee impetus and purpose are not protected. In addition, the privilege extends to minutes of committee meetings, correspondence between committee members relating to the deliberation process and any final committee product, such as recommendations.” (Emphasis added)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“This court only allows such communications in limited, extraordinary emergency situations. See Tex.R. Civ. P. 592 (Writ of Attachment); Tex.R. Civ. P. 658 (Writ of Garnishment); Tex.R. Civ. P. 696 (Writ of Sequestration); Tex.R. Civ. P. 800 (Proof in trespass to try title action when defendant fails to appear after notice by publication).... See Supreme Court of Texas, Rules Governing the State Bar of Texas art. X, § 9 (Code of Professional Responsibility) DR 7-110(B) (1987).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Furthermore, even if Midway Park properly filed and served the affidavit, no evidence was presented by the mere global allegations that the documents come within the privilege. Weisel Enterprises, Inc. v. Curry, 718 S.W.2d 56, 58 (Tex.1986). Affidavits filed in accordance with Tex.R.Civ.P. 166b(4) must contain something more than a global reiteration of the facts ascertainable from the face of the documents themselves.”
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.