Nevarez v. Bailon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It was testified without contradiction that the only valid legal marriage in Chihuahua, Mexico, was one performed by and through the civil authorities, and as one attorney described the situation, those people who entered into merely a religious ceremony, or the state of concubinage without ceremony, have consummated a ‘legal union’ but not a legal marriage. It was further testified that marriages can be proven in Mexican courts only by presentation of a certified copy of the certificate or instrument drawn up in the Civil Authorities’ authorized book. It is clear then that appellant could not have proved a valid marriage in Mexico because she had never entered into any civil ceremony with the deceased. If she could not have proven a valid marriage there, then of course she cannot come into the Texas Courts as a surviving wife, because her standing here must depend on her ability to establish her status as a surviving wife at the place of her residence.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Duval · Bunting v. Chess

2. “for such a relationship [was] non-existent in [Mexico],”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Duval

3. “qualify in her home jurisdiction as a surviving wife.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Duval