Goodloe v. Hawk’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.2d 753 · 1940
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 9 district · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently March 1994 · most notably 49 Cal. 2d 210 - Spellens v. Spellens (1957), Rediker v. Rediker (1950)
21 federal appellate · 9 district · 31 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Margaret Williamson v. Katherine Osenton · Andrews v. Andrews · Cardinale v. Cardinale · Simmons v. Simmons · Glaser v. Glaser
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * the interest of the state in many situations may lie with recognition of such divorces and preservation of remarriages rather than a dubious attempt to resurrect the original.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“* * * “Third. The marriage of any persons either of whom has been previously married and whose previous marriage has not been terminated by death or a decree of divorce. (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1391 , ch. 854, § 1283.)””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ruppert v. Ruppert“should be barred by the salutary principles of laches or estoppel”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.