Ex Parte Linder’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently May 2014
20 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 86th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Slavin · Ex Parte Barnett · Ex Parte Rohleder · Ex Parte Arapis · Ex Parte Gonzales
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, as punishment for said contempt, the Respondent/Obligor, CLIFFORD HALL, be confined in the County Jail of Harris County, Texas, for a period of 180 days for each of the ... counts of contempt and, as civil contempt, day to day thereafter to be detained by the Sheriff of Harris County, Texas. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each period of confinement assessed herein shall run and be satisfied concurrently. More specifically, IT IS ORDERED that Respondent, CLIFFORD HALL, shall be confined in the county jail of Harris County, Texas, until Respondent has: 1[.] paid $3,6716.00 as attorney’s fees, which includes costs of this proceeding, to Michelle LeBlanc, Movant’s attorney, at 801 Congress 4th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re Hall · Ex Parte Johns“IT IS ORDERED that punishment for all violations is assessed at confinement in the county jail of Harris County, Texas, for a period of 179 days. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Respondent is committed to the county jail of Harris County, Texas, for a period of 179 days for all violations enumerated above. 2”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Hall
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.