267 So. 2d 236 - Cortes v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
December 1974
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Babineaux v. Pernie-Bailey Drilling Co. · Prince v. Hopson · Smith v. Smith · Succession of Fields · Vaughan v. Dalton-Lard Lumber 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The marriage, which has been declared null, produces nevertheless its civil effects as it relates to the parties and their children, if it has been contracted in good faith."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"If only one of the parties acted in good faith, the marriage produces its civil effects only in his or her favor, and in favor of the children born of the marriage." [1]”
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.