Ludlow v. DeBerry’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Chandler v. Chandler (1999), Woodruff v. Wright (2001)
37 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 215th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Liteky et al United States · Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · New Jersey v. New York · Fitz-Gerald v. Hull · Fearance v. Scott
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rule 18b(2)(a) provides a broad ground, regarding reasonable questions as to the judge’s impartiality. This broad ground may encompass actions other than those specifically enumerated in sections (b)-(g).”). 17 . Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 558 , 114 S.Ct. 1147 , 127 L.Ed.2d 474 (1994) (Kennedy, J., concurring). 18 . Schuwerk & Hardwick, supra, note 13 § 40:35 at 817. 19 . Abdygapparova v. State, 243 S.W.3d 191, 208-10 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2007, pet. ref'd) (ex-parte communications”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gaal v. State“(2) Recusal. A judge shall recuse himself in any proceeding in which: (a) his impartiality might reasonably be questioned; (b) he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning the subject matter or a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding. Tex.R. Civ. P. 18b(2)(a),(b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Woodruff v. Wright“Although we do not condone [the trial judge’s] outbursts, all of the actions complained about by Ludlow arose during the pendency of the trial court proceedings. None of the actions by [the trial judge] indi cate such a 'high degree of favoritism or antagonism as to make fair judgment impossible.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gaal v. State
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.