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14 canonical passages across 10 cases, quoted by 358 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Walker v. Packer.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walker v. Packer Anchor | green | “a trial court has no 'discretion' in determining what the law is or applying the law to the facts.” | 85 |
| 2 | Walker v. Packer | green | “a clear failure by the trial court to analyze or apply the law correctly will constitute an abuse of discretion.” | 83 |
| 3 | Bowie Memorial Hospital v. Wright | green | “a trial court abuses its discretion if it acts in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner without reference to any guiding rules or principles.” | 45 |
| 4 | American Transitional Care Centers of Texas, Inc. v. Palacios | green | “does not have to meet the same requirements as the evidence offered in a summary-judgment proceeding or at trial.” | 43 |
| 5 | American Transitional Care Centers of Texas, Inc. v. Palacios | green | “discuss the standard of care, breach, and causation with sufficient specificity to inform the defendant of the conduct the plaintiff has called into question and to provide a basis for the trial court to conclude that the claims have merit.” | 34 |
| 6 | Blan v. Ali | green | “there are certain standards of medical care that apply to multiple schools of practice and any medical doctor.” | 12 |
| 7 | Ehrlich v. Miles | green | “knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education regarding the specific issue before the court which would qualify the expert to give an opinion on that particular subject.” | 11 |
| 8 | Moore v. Sutherland | green | “an abuse of discretion occurs when a trial court acts in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner or without reference to any guiding principles.” | 10 |
| 9 | Roberts v. Williamson | green | “if scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify thereto in the form of an opini…” | 8 |
| 10 | In Re Texas Department of Family & Protective Services | green | “mandamus will not issue when the law provides another, plain, adequate, and complete remedy.” | 7 |
| 11 | Ehrlich v. Miles | green | “who is not of the same school of medicine as the defendant . . . is competent to testify if he has practical knowledge of what is usually and customarily done by a practitioner under circumstances similar to those confronting the defendant.” | 7 |
| 12 | S.J. v. State | green | “taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, esp. in response to a criminal charge,” | 6 |
| 13 | S.J. v. State | green | “the traditional and primary purpose of the expunction statute is to remove records of wrongful arrests.” | 4 |
| 14 | Moore v. Gatica | green | “authored by a person who is not qualified to testify . . . cannot constitute an adequate report.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.