Latham v. Castillo’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 60 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Low (2002), Douglas v. Delp (1999)
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 60 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 Court of Appeals, 13th District)
Relationships
Relies on Formosa Plastics Corp. USA v. Presidio Engineers and Contractors, Inc. · Arthur Andersen & Co. v. Perry Equipment Corp. · Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co. · Parkway Co. v. Woodruff · Collora v. Navarro
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“difference between negligent conduct and deceptive conduct.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Streber v. Hunter · Finger v. Ray“If the Castillos had only alleged that Latham negligently failed to timely file their claim, their claim would properly be one for legal malpractice. However, the Castillos alleged and presented some evidence that Latham affirmatively misrepresented to them that he had filed and was actively prosecuting their claim. It is the difference between negligent conduct and deceptive conduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or capacity of a person to a grossly unfair degree; or (B) results in a gross disparity between the value received and consideration paid, in a transaction involving transfer of consideration.”
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.