Mentis v. Barnard’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 134th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Brown v. United States · Johnson v. Fourth Court of Appeals · Davis v. Huey · Jones v. Strayhorn
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]nsofar as what may have occurred prior to the time I became Attorney of Record, obviously I cannot speak to that, but I do know that the designation was made as soon as practicable from the standpoint of our being involved in this lawsuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mentis v. Barnard“as soon as is practical, but in no event less than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of trial except on leave of court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mentis v. Barnard
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.