Lee v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 309th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Cain v. Bain · Davis v. City of San Antonio · Ex Parte Threet · Russell v. Russell · Southwestern Bell Media, Inc. v. Lyles
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Viki transferred title to the Montgomery County lots from herself to her sister Sheree in 1989, even though Viki continued to pay the taxes and mortgages on the properties until 1992.” Lee, 981 S.W.2d at 904 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) An agreement to be married, (2) Living together in Texas as husband and wife; and (3) Representing to others in Texas that they are married.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reynolds v. Reynolds
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.