Durkovitz v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
October 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 144th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Colley v. National Bank of Texas · Gardner v. State · Bowden v. State · Dickey v. State
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) that a 350 pound grown lion is a dangerous beast; 2) that appellant is an experienced animal trainer who knew the dangers presented by such a beast; 3) that appellant was aware that the lion had injured two other children before this incident; 4) that appellant knew that such a beast is instinctively attracted to attack smaller creatures, such as children;”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. State
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.