Wright v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a motion to recuse a judge is filed, the judge must either recuse him- — or herself or request the administrative judge to assign another judge to hear the motion. In either case, the judge is prohibited from taking any further action in the case until the motion to recuse has been resolved. The mandatory provisions in Rule 18a, however, never come into play unless and until a timely motion to recuse is filed. The record in the instant case shows that Appellant did not file a timely Motion to Recuse the trial judge. Consequently, we find Rule 18a inapplicable in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beard v. Beard

2. “(2) Recusal. A judge shall recuse himself in any proceeding in which: (a) his impartiality might reasonably be questioned; (b) he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning the subject matter or a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding. Tex.R. Civ. P. 18b(2)(a),(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woodruff v. Wright