Gustafson v. Chambers’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 215th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 11137
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Walker v. Packer · State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S. · West v. Solito · Peeples v. Honorable Fourth Supreme Judicial District
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(3) In no event may ... reports and records received, maintained, or developed by the board, by a medical peer review committee, ... or by a health-care entity be available for discovery or court subpoena or introduced into evidence in a medical professional liability suit arising out of the provision of or failure to provide medical or health-care services, or in any other action for damages.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[[Image here]] (5) as to a communication or record relevant to an issue of the physical, mental or emotional condition of a patient in any proceeding in which any party relies upon the condition as a part of the party’s claim or defense ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. R.K. v. Ramirez
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.