Appleton v. Appleton’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
23 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 310th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Coker v. Coker · Forbau Ex Rel. Miller v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. · Casso v. Brand
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The signatures of attorneys or parties constitute a certificate by them that they have read the pleading, motion, or other paper; that to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry the instrument is not groundless and brought in bad faith or groundless and brought for the purpose of harassment.... If a pleading, motion or other paper is signed in violation of this rule, the court, upon motion or upon its own initiative, after notice and hearing, shall impose an appropriate sanction available under Rule 215-2b, upon the person who signed it, a represented party, or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Daniel v. Webb
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.