Garza v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently May 2015
13 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 Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · Swilley v. Hughes · El Chico Corp. v. Poole · Massey v. Armco Steel Co. · Texas Department of Corrections v. Herring
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Prior to the incident, failure initially to place or install traffic or road signs in the vicinity of Alamo Jr. High School designating the area as a school zone; (b) Prior to the incident, failure initially to place or install traffic or road signs in the vicinity of Alamo Jr. High School setting a reasonable motor-vehicle speed limit during those times of the day when students were in route to and from school; (c) Failure to inspect the area bordering Alamo Jr. High School to determine whether appropriate traffic or road signs should be installed. (d) Failure to design and/or construct a reasonably safe public school environment for the students of Alamo Jr. High School and in particular for the decedent ROLANDO GARZA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the speed limit sign operated as intended but actually endangered the public or was ‘endowed with some condition that should be corrected by the governmental unit.’ Under normal circumstances, a 45 mph speed limit sign functions properly and as intended by the State. However, under the existing special circumstances created by the recent construction of Alamo Junior High School, the 45 mph sign may mislead the public into believing that it is reasonable and safe to drive at this speed when in actuality it is an excessive speed for this area. Knowing this, the 45 mph speed limit sign near a school zone was a condition that should have been corrected by the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) failure to initially place road signs designating the area a school zone; (2) failure to initially place road signs in the vicinity of the school setting a reasonable speed limit during school hours; (3) failure to correct the absence, condition or malfunction of road signs within a reasonable time after notice was given; (4) failure to hold a public hearing to consider the speed limit in the school zone; (5) failure to notify certain parties of the need for signs designating the area as a school zone; and (6) failure to notify certain parties of the need for signs setting a reasonable speed limit during school hours.”
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.