Toranto v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 336th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc. · Reagan v. Guardian Life Insurance · Martin v. Trevino · Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas v. Britton
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The special damage requirement assures good faith litigants access to the judicial system without fear of intimidation by a countersuit for malicious prosecution. The special damage requirement also prevents successful defendants in the initial proceeding from using their favorable judgment as a reason to institute a new suit based on malicious prosecution, resulting in needless and endless vexatious lawsuits.”
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.