H.E. Butt Grocery Co. v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 57th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on West v. Solito · Allen v. Humphreys · Stringer v. Eleventh Court of Appeals · Turbodyne Corp. v. Heard · Robinson v. Harkins & Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Such manifestations could include commencing an investigation of the accident, retaining an attorney or private investigator and, of course, making a claim or demand for damages.”
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.