Godinez v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 45 U.S.C. § 1
Relies on Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rigsby · State of Texas v. State of Florida · Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n v. Edwards · Tipton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
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.
““Sec. 15 — Domicil of Choice. (1) A domicil of choice is a domicil acquired, through the exercise of his own will, by a person who is legally capable of changing his domicil. (2) To acquire a domicil of choice, a person must establish a dwelling-place with the intention of making it his home. (3) The fact of physical presence at a dwelling place and the intention to make it a home must concur; if they do so, even for a moment, the change of domicil takes place. (4) A person can acquire a domicil of choice only in one of three ways: (a) having no home, he acquires a home in a place other than his former domicil; (b) having a home in one place, he gives it up as such and acquires a new home in another place; (c) Not applicable here.”) (Emphasis supplied).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.