Munson v. Milton’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Jim Rutherford Investment Inc. v. Terramar Beach Community Ass'n (2000), Southern County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ochoa (2000)
28 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 38th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Behrens v. Pelletier · Cadillac Products, Inc. v. Trienda Corp. · Martinez Ex Rel. Morales v. Bynum · Camp v. Shannon · Davis v. Huey
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[m]otel, tourist courts, and trailer parks”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In this subsection, "family home" is a residential home that meets the definition of and requirements applicable to a family home under the Community Homes for Disabled Persons Location Act (Article 1011n, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). A dedicatory instrument or restrictive covenant may not be construed to prevent the use of property as a family home. However, any restrictive covenant that applies to property used as a family home shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purposes and intent except to the extent that the construction would restrict the use as a family home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Meehl v. Wise“(1) a probable right of recovery; (2) imminent, irreparable harm will occur in the interim if the request is denied; and (3) no adequate remedy at law exists.” Munson, 948 S.W.2d at 815 . The only issue before the trial court is”
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.