Gant v. DeLeon’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Stockton Ex Rel. Stockton v. Offenbach (2011), Edwards v. Kaye (2000)
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 65 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, 4th District (San Antonio))
Relationships
Relies on Zale Corporation v. Rosenbaum · Rigo Manufacturing Company v. Thomas · Buie v. Couch · Liles v. Phillips · Williams v. Houston-Citizens Bank & Trust 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] plaintiff must not only file suit within the applicable limitations period, but must also use diligence to have the defendant served with process. Rigo Mfg. Co. v. Thomas, 458 S.W.2d 180, 182 (Tex.1970). When a plaintiff files a petition within the limitations period, but does not serve the defendant until after the statutory period has expired, the date of service relates back to the date of filing if the plaintiff exercised diligence in effecting service. Zale Corp. v. Rosenbaum, 520 S.W.2d 889, 890 (Tex.1975) (per curiam). To obtain summary judgment on the grounds that an action was not served within the applicable limitations period, the movant must show that, as a matter of law, diligence was not used to effectuate service. Zale, 520 S.W.2d at 891 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taylor v. Rellas
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.