Gonzalez v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably Bd. of Educ. of Carlsbad v. Harrell (1994), D'Avignon v. Graham (1991)
2 federal appellate · 26 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.
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Goss v. Lopez · Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In case a sum of money is allowed to the children by the decree for the support, education or maintenance of the children, the decree shall become a lien on the real and personal property of the party who must furnish the child support from the date of filing for record a certified copy of the decree in the office of the county clerk of each county where any of the property may be situated. [Emphasis added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. D'Avignon v. Graham“may be foreclosed under the same procedure as is now allowed for the foreclosure of judgment liens.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. D'Avignon v. Graham
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.