In Re O'Connor’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston))
Relationships
Relies on In the Interest of V.L.K. · City of Austin v. Cahill · National Medical Enterprises, Inc. v. Godbey · In Re Union Pacific Resources Co. · In Re the Dallas Morning News, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) they have served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy, or a lawyer with whom they previously practiced law served during such association as a lawyer concerning the matter....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“recognizes that a judge is vicariously disqualified under the Constitution as having been `counsel in the case' if a lawyer with whom the judge previously practiced law served as counsel to a party concerning the matter during their association.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o judge shall sit in any case ... when the judge shall have been counsel in the case,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.