Walker v. Yarbrough’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
3
states following
June 1993
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Darling v. Dent · Taylor v. Taylor · In Re Binger's Estate · 23 Wash. 2d 357 - State Ex Rel. Smith v. Superior Court · Stilley v. Stilley
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Parties who live for years in an illicit relationship in a state in which they were domiciled will not find themselves married to each other if they happen to sojourn for a short time and hold themselves out as man and wife in a state where common law marriage is recognized.” 23 Wash. 2d at 366 , 161 P.2d at 192 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.