Fowler v. Szostek’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 189th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Morrison v. Olson · Lear Siegler, Inc. v. Perez · Koch Refining Co. v. Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. · City of Lancaster v. Chambers · Travis v. City of Mesquite
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A professional employee of a school district is not personally liable for any act that is incident to or within the scope of the duties of the employee’s position of employment and that involves the exercise of judgment or discretion on the part of the employee, except in circumstances in which a professional employee uses excessive force in the discipline of students or negligence resulting in bodily injury to students.”
2 later decisions 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.