McCormick v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently July 1990
10 state decisions
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 Jones v. Jones · Sariego v. Sariego · Gaines v. Gaines · Brooks v. Brooks · Hagen v. Hagen
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.
““Furthermore, at the hearing of her motion to vacate appellant agreed and it was stipulated that she and appellee had lived separate and apart for more than three consecutive years. A divorce under this section [§ 34-1202 (7) (Repl. 1962)], * upon proper proof, is mandatory upon the suit of either party, regardless of what caused the separation or who was at fault. Brooks v. Brooks, 201 Ark. 14 , 143 S.W. 2d 1098 (1940); Mohr v. Mohr, 214 Ark. 607 , 215 S.W. 2d 1020 (1948). However, when a divorce is granted upon three year separation, the question who is the injured spouse is then considered in the settlement of property rights and the question of alimony. Jones v. Jones, 199 Ark. 1000 , 137 S.W. 2d 238 (1940).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Neal v. Neal“Where one has notice of the pendency of an action for divorce and fails to appear and defend, a motion to vacate the decree, will be denied where there is negligence or a lack of diligence shown. McCormick v. McCormick, 246 Ark. 348 , 438 S.W. 2d 23 (1969); Sariego v. Sariego, 231 Ark. 35 , 328 S.W. 2d 136 (1959).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gideon v. Gideon
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.