Oadra v. Stegall’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably In the Interest of J.N.R. (1998), Edwards v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services (1997)
3 federal appellate · 20 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.
Relationships
Relies on In Re King's Estate · Cain v. Bain · Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co. · Glover v. Texas General Indemnity Co. · Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. Sterling
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'that measure or degree of proof which will produce in the mind of the trier of fact a firm belief or conviction as to the truth of the allegations sought to be established.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“All dominion and control over the property must be released by the owner. Until a donor has divested himself, absolutely and irrevocably of the title, dominion and control of the subject of the gift, he has the power to revoke it. If the donor has the power to revoke, there is no valid gift.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“There is, however, a presumption that a parent intends to make a gift to his child if the parent delivers possession, conveys title, or purchases property in the name of a child.”
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.