Lee-Wright, Inc. v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably Hamilton v. Segue Software Inc. (2000), Hussong v. Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc. (1995)
9 federal appellate · 37 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 234th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on In Re King's Estate · East Line & Red River Railroad v. Scott · Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co. · Holley v. Watts · Phillips v. Western Company of North America
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Good cause for discharging an employee is defined as the employee’s failure to perform the duties in the scope of employment that a person of ordinary prudence would have done under the same or similar circumstances. An employee’s act constitutes good cause for discharge if it is inconsistent with the continued existence of the employer-employee relationship.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ocomen v. Rubio · Tave v. Alanis“General comments that an employee will not be discharged as long as his work is satisfactory do not in themselves manifest such an intent. Neither do statements that an employee will be discharged only for “good reason” or “good cause” when there is no agreement on what those terms encompass. Without such agreement the employee cannot reasonably expect to limit the employer’s right to terminate him. An employee who has no formal agreement with his employer cannot construct one out of indefinite comments, encouragements, or assurances.”
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.