Hess v. Hess’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
May 1977
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mudd v. Perry · Thomas v. Murphy · Mantz v. Gill · Plummer v. Davis · Whitney v. Whitney
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ Where a second marriage is entered into in good faith, and the parties continue to cohabit without change during and beyond the statutory six-month period of impediment, this relationship ripens into a common-law marriage. Such marriage is recognized as valid in this state by our court. Andrews v. Hooper, 138 Okl. (103), 104, 280 P. 424 , 426; Mudd v. Perry, 108 Okl. 168 , 235 P. 479 ; Fisher v. Fisher, 116 Okl. 129 , 243 P. 730 .’””
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.