Ruiz v. Conoco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 120 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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On appeal from the trial on the merits, if venue was improper it shall in no event be harmless error and shall be reversible error. In determining whether venue was or was not proper, the appellate court shall consider the entire record, including the trial on the merits.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schmutz v. State · General Motors Corp. v. Castaneda

2. “[t]he mentally incompetent are less likely than children to have someone intimately interested in their welfare and inclined to act on their behalf.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sharon Ann Gribble, Individually and in Her Capacity as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Michael Ray Gribble v. Brent Allen Layton · West Ex Rel. Reid v. Moore

3. “(1) in the county in which all or a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred; (2) in the county of defendant’s residence at the time the cause of action accrued if defendant is a natural person; (3) in the county of the defendant’s principal office in this state, if the defendant is not a natural person; or (4) if Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) do not apply, in the county in which the plaintiff, resided at the time of the accrual of the cause of action.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Double Diamond-Delaware, Inc. v. Alfonso · Marshall v. Mahaffey