Martinez v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 64 Cal. 2d 778 - See v. See · Laughlin v. Laughlin · American General Fire & Casualty Co. v. Progressive Casualty Co. · Portillo v. Shappie · Dorbin v. Dorbin
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.
“Apportionment is appropriate only when an asset has been acquired or its equity value increased through the use of both separate and community funds.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[U]nder New Mexico law the community is entitled to an equitable lien against [a spouse's] separate property only to the extent that the community can show that its funds or labor enhanced the value of the property or increased the equity interest in the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gabriele v. Gabriele“the simple fact that the community has expended funds or labor on a separate asset does not, by itself, give rise to either a community interest in the asset or a right to reimbursement for money spent on the asset”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gabriele v. Gabriele
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.