Chapa v. Koch Refining Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips · Wornick Co. v. Casas · Alm v. Aluminum Co. of America
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Koch's apparent acquiescence to the independent contractor's order to perform an unsafe operation was sufficient to compel Koch to take corrective action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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