George v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 2010
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McFarland v. McFarland · Old Colony Trust Co. v. Porter · Fisher, Admrx. v. DeMarr · Tippin v. Tippin · Pretlow v. Pretlow
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n the case of strangers to the litigation, it is not every one who may impeach the judgment in a collateral proceeding. The law does not permit wanton or unnecessary attacks upon its judgments, and they will stand as valid against any third person who fails to show that he has a real and substantial interest in avoiding the judgment, and one which the law is bound to protect. As the cases express it, the rule against collateral attacks upon judgments does not apply to such third persons or strangers to the record as would be prejudiced in regard to some pre-existing right if the judgment were given full effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it must appear that he had a legally protected interest which was adversely affected by the decree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“had no pre-existing interest to be adversely affected by the divorce decree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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